Maryland on Stamps & Covers
SS Frederick Victory By Richard D. Fulton The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued a series of commemorative covers on April 18, 2008, in recognition of the Victory ships launched during World War II, which were employed with the task of transporting supplies and troops to overseas ports during the war. One of the covers…
Veteran Receives Long Overdue Commendation
James Rada, Jr. Harry English put his life on the line just to join the U.S. Army, and because he did, many other men survived World War II. English, a Hagerstown native, liked to spend his summers by himself on a small island in the Potomac River. “All I had was a knife, a hatchet,…
Sea Services Gather for Mass at Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg
Cameron Rogers Members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Public Health Services were recognized at the annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services Mass on October 2, 2016, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., and son…
