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03/19/2024

USPS Special Stamp Dedication

Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024

Time: 1:00 pm

Location: St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church - 8850 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202

The Detroit PCC is honored to partner with The Detroit River Project in celebrating our heroes at St. Matthew's & St. Joseph's Episcopal Church located at 8850 Woodward Ave. The women and men of the "network to freedom" known as the Underground Railroad, worked tirelessly through fear of detection and arrest to give the dream of freedom to those who sought that what was denied.
 
Detroiter, William Lambert, known as the Detroit Underground Railroad Stationmaster is in this UGRR Stamp Collection getting long overdue recognition as to who he truly was; an American Hero. Descendants of William Lambert will be speaking and sharing his and their stories during the event. 

Special Guest Remarks:  Christina Streety-Napier, Author Code Name Midnight, William Lambert & The Underground Railroad, Husband, Joseph Napier, Film & Podcaster.  Barry Jurgenson, National Park Service, Network to Freedom. The Reverend Anthony Estes, SMSJ Episcopal Church.   US Postal Service, Richard Moreton, Michigan One-District Manager, Ronald Morris, Postmaster, City of Detroit & Detroit PCC Postal Co-Chair, Jake Busacker, Detroit PCC Industry Co-Chair.
 
UR
Official Stamp Launch -  Maryland, March 9, 2024 
 Pictured on the stamp sheet:  Catharine Coffin, Frederick Douglass,  Thomas Garrett, Laura Haviland,
Lewis Hayden, Harriet Jacobs, William Lambert, Jermain Loguen, William Still and Harriet Tubman.  
You can purchase stamps and other Underground Railroad postal products online.

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