[Fredslist] Harry Bingham Stamp

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>From Wikipedia-(I thought it sounded familiar)

"After the proposal received wide bipartisan support in Congress, a commemorative stamp portraying Hiram Bingham IV as a "Distinguished American Diplomat" was issued on May 30, 2006.[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_IV#cite_note-2>"

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Fascinating American history sent by my English cousin.

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Who was Harry Bingham and why is he getting a stamp?
>> Just an interesting piece of evidence of the curious behavior of the
>> Roosevelt administration toward the Jews during WWII :-
>> A few months ago, Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a posthumous award
>> for "constructive dissent" to Hiram (or Harry) Bingham, IV.
>> For over fifty years, the State Department resisted any attempt to honor
>> Bingham. For them he was an insubordinate member of the US
>> diplomatic service, a dangerous maverick who was eventually demoted.
>> Now, after his death, he has been officially recognized as a hero.
>> Bingham came from an illustrious family. His father (on whom the
>> fictional character Indiana Jones was based) was the
>> archeologist who unearthed the Inca City of Machu Picchu, Peru, in 1911.
>> Harry entered the US diplomatic service and, in 1939, was posted to
>> Marseilles, France, as American Vice-Consul.
>> The USA was then neutral and, not wishing to annoy Marshal Petain's
>> puppet Vichy regime, President Roosevelt's government ordered
>> its  representatives in Marseilles not to grant visas to any Jews.
>> Bingham found this policy immoral and, risking his career, did all
>> in his power to undermine it.
>> In defiance of his bosses in Washington , he granted over 2,500 USA visas
>> to Jewish and other refugees, including the artists Marc Chagall
>> and Max Ernst and the family of the writer Thomas Mann. He also
>> sheltered Jews in his Marseilles home, and obtained forged identity
>> papers to help Jews in their dangerous journeys across Europe .
>> He worked with the French underground to smuggle Jews out of  France into
>> Franco's Spain or across the Mediterranean and even contributed
>> to their expenses out of his own pocket. In 1941, Washington lost
>> patience with him. He was sent to Argentina , where later he continued
>> to annoy his superiors by reporting on the movements of Nazi war
>> criminals.
>> Eventually, he was forced out of the American diplomatic service
>> completely.
>> Bingham died almost penniless in 1988. Little was known of his
>> extraordinary activities until his son found some letters in his
>> belongings after his death. He has now been honored by many groups and
>> organizations including the United Nations and the State of  Israel.
>> PLEASE honor his memory and re-send this.
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