About This Stamp
This semipostal features a photograph of three firefighters raising the American flag amid the rubble of the World Trade Center, taken late in the afternoon on September 11, 2001, by Thomas E. Franklin, a photographer for The Record of Bergen County, N.J. It appeared in The Record on September 12, 2001, and quickly became one of the most memorable and moving images of the day.
The three men in the photograph are Brooklyn-based firefighters Dan McWilliams of Long Island, N.Y., George Johnson of Rockaway Beach, N.Y., both from Ladder 157, and Billy Eisengrein of Staten Island, N.Y., from Rescue 2. Their appearance on this semipostal is intended to honor by extension all firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency personnel from across the nation who bravely served on September 11, as well as those who continue to risk their lives in the line of duty every day.
Art Director & Designer
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.