Celebrate the 1910's

View the stamps and read the story of fifteen important happenings of 1910-1919.

From February 1998 to May 2000, the U. S. Postal Service issued ten sheets of stamps commemorating the important events of each of the decades in the 20th century. This series of stamps were identified as “Celebrate the Century” and each featured 15 different historical happenings.

The second in the series covering events from 1910 to 1919 featured the following events:

Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp

Federal Reserve System created

George Washington Carver

Avant-garde art at Armory Show

Transcontinental Telephone Line

Panama Canal Opens

Jim Thorpe at Stockholm Olympics

Grand Canyon National Park

U. S. enters World War I

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Woodrow Wilson

First Crossword Puzzle

Jack Dempsey

Construction toys

Child Labor reform