First Day of Issue Ceremony: Harriet Powers
Date:
February 28, 2026 | 11:00 AM
Location: Washington, DC
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate quiltmaker Harriet Powers (1837–1910) with four new stamps. Powers was a formerly enslaved woman who stitched works that are celebrated as masterpieces of American folk art and storytelling. This event is being held in partnership with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
The first-day-of-issue event for the Harriet Powers Forever stamp is free and open to the public.