Description: 1972 Bicentennial Commemorative Medal Obverse : Houdon bust of George WashingtonIn 1785 Jean Antoine Houdon, noted French sculptor, arrived in the United States at the behest of Governor Harrison of Virginia to prepare model plaster molds of George Washington's head, neck, and shoulders for an official statue: Houdon's resulting life mask is the only one of Washington. The subsequent statue of Washington case from the Houdon life mask was erected in Richmond, Virginia, on May 14, 1796. This right profile of Washington was taken from the Houdon bust. Shown under the profile of Washington, in miniature, is the official symbol of the American Revolution Bicentennial. Reverse: The Liberty TreeThe Sons of Liberty arose in 1765 during the Stamp Act crisis and played a crucial role in the movement of protest and agitation leading to the final outbreak of hostilities between England and the American colonies. The Sons of Liberty can be viewed as the visible, active organized manifestation of the Revolutionary cause. they also represent the popular, broad-based nature of the movement, enlisting artisans, humble workmen, leading political figures, and new wealth in the colonies. The physical symbol associated with the Sons of Liberty was the Liberty Pole or in some places the Liberty Tree, which figured so prominently into their activities. The Stamp ActPassed by Parliament in 1765, this Act required that stamps of various denominations were to be affixed to all licenses, publications, and legal documents. The purpose of this measure was to help finance the colonial military establishment. Widespread opposition to the unpopular tax, the first of its kind ever levied directly by Parliament upon the colonists, helped to united the colonies in their opposition to the policies of Parliament and the King. The two-shilling six-pence stamp is shown. Join or Die.The slogan, Join or Die, first appeared as the caption of an illustration which accompanied an editorial by Benjamin Franklin in the Pennsylvania Gazette of May 9, 1754, in reference to the existing disunity among the British colonies. The slogan was originally intended to mean that is the colonies did not unite, they were in danger of being destroyed by the French and their Indian Allies. Later during the Revolutionary War, the slogan was interpreted to signify that the colonies must unite in their struggle for political rights against domination and interference by Parliament and the Crown.The Bicentennial Commemorative Stamps appropriately honor Colonial Craftsmen, many of whom were members of the Sons of Liberty.The First Day of issue Postmark from Williamsburg, Virginia, is both historically and contemporarily fitting. This restored one-time Capital of Virginia with its replicated shops and attendants in colonial garb give today's visitors a glimpse of early life in Colonial America. It was at Williamsburg, that the Virginia house of Burgess, voted to join their New England counterparts as Americans. Of the craftsmen depicted, the glass blower, the hatter, and the wig-maker were introduced to America during the 17th century in Virginia. The fourth, silver crafting, began in Boston.
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