C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen will be honored by the United States Postal Service with issuance of a USPS 2-ounce postal stamp, March 13, 2014, 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr College--Mcpherson Auditorium, 101 North Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA. (Anderson's hometown).
This will be the first postal stamp issued for a Tuskegee Airmen--the nation's first African-American military aviators.
Chief Anderson, known by the world as the "Father of Black Aviation," is revered for his role as lead flight instructor for the Tuskegee Airmen and for his groundbreaking flight with first lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941, which helped to secure funding for the Tuskegee Airmen program. During a time when widespread perspective was that African-Americans were incapable of flight, due to a 1925 United States War Department study; Anderson stunned the nation {and Secret Service} with his now famous flight with the First Lady.
The Chief Anderson Foundation is actively seeking donations from the public and sponsors, to enable the Stamp Commemorative events. An online fundraiser has been launched via You Caring: tinyurl.com/l4xut2
Donations may also be mailed to: Chief Anderson Foundation, P.O. Box 58262, Washington, D.C., 20037. Interested sponsors may call: (470) 262-2906
The First-Day-of-Issue Dedication Ceremony, March 13, Bryn Mawr College, will include tributes from a slew of special guests:
- Members of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen and PA. Tuskegee Airman Roscoe Draper
- Christina Anderson, granddaughter of Chief Anderson and Chief Anderson Foundation Executive Director
- Bryn Mawr native Gen. Julius Becton (former Director of FEMA),
- Tuskegee, Alabama, Mayor Johnny Ford
- Members of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc.
- Singer Lionel Richie, who was trained by Anderson, and remains close friendship with his family, will deliver personal words in a video tribute
- Various Youth and school groups
- Youth poet Sekondi Landry of Ashworth College will present a tribute poem written for Chief Anderson
- U.S. Postal Service Administrative Law Judge William Campbell, son of Tuskegee Airman William Campbell
For More Information Visit: chiefanderson.com and USPS at: tinyurl.com/lrlordn , Call (470) 262-2906
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Donation Mailing: Chief Anderson Foundation, P.O. Box 58262, Washington, D.C., 20037
