History of Virginia on stamps: Difference between revisions

In World War I, training facilities were set up in Virginia, shipbuilding expanded and the Hampton Roads served atas a[[Hampton portRoads Port of embarkationEmbarkation]] for the United States Army.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huston |first1=James A. |year=1966 |title=The Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775—1953 |series=Army Historical Series |volume = |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Center Of Military History, United States Army |isbn= |lccn=66060015 |page=348 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8pabWzrsocC&lpg=PR1&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref> Virginia-born President Wilson was the war president for World War I. The World War I Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Virginia. The Arlington Cemetery Amphitheater is commemorated in the Fourth Bureau Issue of the 1920s. The 50-cent was issued on November 11, 1922, the first anniversary of the entombment of the World War I Unknown Soldier on the Armistice day prior. The original tomb is featured in the stamp foreground, based on a photograph and designed by Clair Aubrey Huston. The original simple tomb was covered in 1931 with today’s more elaborate sarcophagus.<ref>Juell, Rod. “50-cent Arlington Amphitheater”, Arago: people, postage & the post, National Postal Museum online, viewed April 20, 2014.</ref> {{clear}}