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First Day of Issue Events
May 30, 2003

Official First Day of Issue Ceremony of the Purple Heart Stamp

Master of Ceremonies Angelo Wider opens the Official First day of Issue Ceremony of the Purple Heart Stamp. Patriot Wider is a Manager of the Financial Administration of the United States Postal Service (USPS) and a Life Member of the MOPH Greater Washington Chapter 353.

VIPs on the podium (from left to right): Mrs. Robert E. Lee, IV, Vice Regent for Maryland of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association; General Claude M. Kicklighter, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning and Preparedness, Department of Veterans Affairs; The Honorable John E. Potter, Postmaster General; The Honorable Tom Davis, U.S. Representative (VA); Brigadier General Mark P. Hertling, U.S. Army, Director for Operational Plans and Joint Force Development, The Joint Staff, and a Life Member of the Greater Washington Chapter 353; William A. Wroolie, National Commander, MOPH; and The Honorable Jim Moran, U.S. Representative (VA).

Remarks by Postmaster General John Potter at the Purple Heart Stamp Ceremony in Mount Vernon, VA on May 30, 2003, in:

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Commemorative Ceremony at the Purple Heart Trail Monument

Officers of the MOPH Greater Washington Chapter 353 and members of the LAMOPH Arlington Memorial Unit 1964 at the George Washington Monument in Mount Vernon, VA, the starting point of the nationwide Purple Heart Trail.

Celebration at Mount Vernon Inn

Officers of the MOPH Chapter 353, members of the Ladies' Auxiliary, and their guests from the Potomac Chapter of the Gold Star Wives of America have continued the celebration of the First Day of Issue of the Purple Heart Stamp with a delicious lunch at Mount Vernon Inn.