WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated pioneering quiltmaker Harriet Powers (1837-1910) at a ceremony in the nation's capital to dedicate four new ...
The true story of an African American woman from Marion, Indiana who, as part of the WPA Sewing-Room Projects, designed and pieced a postage stamp quilt which she presented to President Franklin D.
ATHENS, Ga. — The U.S. Postal Service is honoring Georgia native quiltmaker Harriet Powers with the release of four new stamps featuring her work. The stamps celebrate Powers, a formerly enslaved ...