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src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Chinese (Traditional)" /></span>Chinese (Traditional)</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|co');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Corsican" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -1100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Corsican" /></span>Corsican</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|hr');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Croatian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -0px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Croatian" /></span>Croatian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|cs');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Czech" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -0px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Czech" /></span>Czech</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|da');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Danish" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -0px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Danish" /></span>Danish</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|nl');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Dutch" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Dutch" /></span>Dutch</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|eo');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Esperanto" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -700px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Esperanto" /></span>Esperanto</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|et');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Estonian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -400px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Estonian" /></span>Estonian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|tl');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Filipino" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Filipino" /></span>Filipino</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|fi');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Finnish" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Finnish" /></span>Finnish</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|fr');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="French" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="French" /></span>French</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|fy');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Frisian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Frisian" /></span>Frisian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|gl');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Galician" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -400px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Galician" /></span>Galician</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ka');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Georgian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -600px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Georgian" /></span>Georgian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|de');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="German" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="German" /></span>German</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|el');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Greek" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Greek" /></span>Greek</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|gu');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Gujarati" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -700px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Gujarati" /></span>Gujarati</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ht');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Haitian Creole" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -700px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Haitian Creole" /></span>Haitian Creole</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ha');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hausa" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -700px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hausa" /></span>Hausa</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|haw');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hawaiian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -1100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hawaiian" /></span>Hawaiian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|iw');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hebrew" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hebrew" /></span>Hebrew</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|hi');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hindi" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hindi" /></span>Hindi</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|hmn');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hmong" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hmong" /></span>Hmong</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|hu');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Hungarian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -400px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Hungarian" /></span>Hungarian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|is');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Icelandic" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -600px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Icelandic" /></span>Icelandic</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ig');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Igbo" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Igbo" /></span>Igbo</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|id');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Indonesian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Indonesian" /></span>Indonesian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ga');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Irish" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -500px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Irish" /></span>Irish</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|it');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Italian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Italian" /></span>Italian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ja');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Japanese" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Japanese" /></span>Japanese</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|jw');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Javanese" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Javanese" /></span>Javanese</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|kn');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Kannada" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Kannada" /></span>Kannada</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|kk');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Kazakh" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -1000px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Kazakh" /></span>Kazakh</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|km');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Khmer" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Khmer" /></span>Khmer</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ko');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Korean" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Korean" /></span>Korean</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ku');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Kurdish (Kurmanji)" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -1100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Kurdish (Kurmanji)" /></span>Kurdish (Kurmanji)</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ky');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Kyrgyz" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -1100px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Kyrgyz" /></span>Kyrgyz</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|lo');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Lao" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Lao" /></span>Lao</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|la');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Latin" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Latin" /></span>Latin</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|lv');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Latvian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Latvian" /></span>Latvian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|lt');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Lithuanian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Lithuanian" /></span>Lithuanian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|lb');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Luxembourgish" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Luxembourgish" /></span>Luxembourgish</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mk');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Macedonian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -600px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Macedonian" /></span>Macedonian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mg');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Malagasy" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -1000px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Malagasy" /></span>Malagasy</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ms');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Malay" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -500px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Malay" /></span>Malay</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ml');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Malayalam" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -1000px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Malayalam" /></span>Malayalam</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mt');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Maltese" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -400px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Maltese" /></span>Maltese</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mi');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Maori" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -800px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Maori" /></span>Maori</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mr');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Marathi" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-0px -900px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Marathi" /></span>Marathi</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|mn');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Mongolian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -900px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Mongolian" /></span>Mongolian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|my');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Myanmar (Burmese)" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -1000px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Myanmar (Burmese)" /></span>Myanmar (Burmese)</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ne');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Nepali" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -900px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Nepali" /></span>Nepali</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|no');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Norwegian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Norwegian" /></span>Norwegian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ps');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Pashto" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-100px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Pashto" /></span>Pashto</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|fa');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Persian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -500px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Persian" /></span>Persian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|pl');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Polish" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Polish" /></span>Polish</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|pt');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Portuguese" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Portuguese" /></span>Portuguese</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|pa');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Punjabi" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -900px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Punjabi" /></span>Punjabi</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ro');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Romanian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Romanian" /></span>Romanian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|ru');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Russian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Russian" /></span>Russian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|sm');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Samoan" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-200px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Samoan" /></span>Samoan</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|gd');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Scottish Gaelic" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-300px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Scottish Gaelic" /></span>Scottish Gaelic</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|sr');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Serbian" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-600px -300px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Serbian" /></span>Serbian</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|st');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Sesotho" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-700px -1000px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Sesotho" /></span>Sesotho</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|sn');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Shona" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-400px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Shona" /></span>Shona</a><a href="#" onclick="doGTranslate('en|sd');jQuery(this).parent().parent().find('div.selected a').html(jQuery(this).html());return false;" title="Sindhi" class="nturl "><span class="gflag" style="background-position:-500px -1200px;"><img src="/sites/all/modules/gtranslate/gtranslate-files/blank.png" height="16" width="16" alt="Sindhi" /></span>Sindhi</a><a href="#" 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It was commemorated on a stamp in 1995.</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-embedded-view layout-constrain field-layout bg-none field-bg spacing field-spacing view-mode-full" id="paragraphs-item-5348"> <div class="content"> <div class="view view-events view-id-events view-display-id-panel_pane_1 slideshow-multiple view-dom-id-8953c50022b2053c1a04bdf69265f1bd" id="view-8953c50022b2053c1a04bdf69265f1bd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-grid-layout layout-constrain field-layout padding field-padding spacing field-spacing col-md-3 field-grid-col view-mode-full" id="paragraphs-item-6"> <h2 class="section-title">Highlights </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-5" tabindex='0'> <a href="/current-exhibitions" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="3180" height="2335" alt="Stagecoach on exhibit in the museum's atrium" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/stagecoach-1990_0619_1_1c.jpg?itok=SGquXp26" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Current Exhibitions </span> <p>The museum's galleries explore America's postal history from colonial times to the present. Visitors learn how mail has been transported and the wonder of stamps.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image bg-none field-bg view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-6282" tabindex='0'> <a href="/public-programs" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1000" height="500" alt="a large group of visitors attending a program in the museums atrium" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/heritage-month-celebration1-th.jpg?itok=LVEXEow6" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Public Programs </span> <p>Public programs at the National Postal Museum provoke thinking about postal history, philately, and related topics for diverse audiences.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image bg-none field-bg view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-6280" tabindex='0'> <a href="/tours-and-itineraries" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1200" height="680" alt="a docent leads a tour in a stamp exhibition" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/tours-2009-05-21-008.jpg?itok=r-cwdG4p" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Museum Tours </span> <p>Docent-led tours are an excellent way to see the highlights of the National Postal Museum. The museum has regular free tours for visitors.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image bg-none field-bg view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-6283" tabindex='0'> <a href="/search-the-collection" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1893" height="1026" alt="collage of several objects including two stamps, truck, suit, poster, and a photo of mail clerks" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/virtual-vault-buttons1.jpg?itok=rDKx3ig0" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Search the Collection </span> <p>Search the collection to discover philatelic and postal history objects tracing the evolution of the postal services.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-7" tabindex='0'> <a href="/node/1388" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1700" height="1067" alt="Log post office" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/1d_collection_starters-1.jpg?itok=Z0GOV6Ob" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Object Spotlights </span> <p>Learn more about objects in the museum’s collections. From the tiniest stamps to a full-sized bus, the museum is home to a wide variety of fascinating objects.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-10" tabindex='0'> <a href="/node/1376" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1090" height="1357" alt="Negro Leagues stamp artwork" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/special-themes2010_6603_2a.jpg?itok=I_Hq7fcS" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Special Topics </span> <p>Browse these pages to discover resources organized by topic, such as African Americans in the Postal Service and Philately, Airmail Service, or Civil War.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image bg-none field-bg view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-627" tabindex='0'> <a href="/research" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1000" height="500" alt="A group of researchers looking at stamps in the library" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/for-researchers1.jpg?itok=xnCFodAH" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">For Researchers </span> <p>The Museum supports a wide variety of research projects. Our efforts are a resource and point of reference for research and wider investigation by historians throughout the United States and the world.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-11" tabindex='0'> <a href="/stamp-collecting" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="360" height="290" alt="Stamp Collection stamp" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/stampcollecting1_1.jpg?itok=qSW1F7y5" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">Stamp Collecting </span> <p>The Museum celebrates the beauty and lore of stamps. A stamp is much more than the physical evidence that postage has been paid. Stamps can be miniature works of art, treasured keepsakes, and rare collectibles.</p> </span> </a> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-captioned-image bg-none field-bg view-mode-grid teaser-long view-mode-grid teaser has-media no-text" id="paragraphs-item-628" tabindex='0'> <a href="/for-educators" class="inner"> <span class="b-media-wrapper"> <div class="media media--loading media--image"><img typeof="foaf:Image" width="1000" height="500" alt="A girl looking through a magnifying glass" title="" class="media__element b-lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-src="https://postalmuseum.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid/public/captioned-images/for-ecucators1.jpg?itok=602fnIrG" loading="lazy" /></div></span> <span class="b-text-wrapper"> <span class="h3">For Educators </span> <p>The Education & Visitor Services Department provides teachers and students with activities. 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