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WASHINGTON – 4\/18\/16 – A water lily with a bloom the size of a basketball in Washington, DC\u2019s Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is featured on the 11th of 16 Forever Stamp images. The stamps are being revealed individually over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service\u2019s 100th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, DC<\/strong> The water lilies are a sample of the hidden treasures tucked away in this time capsule surrounded by urban neighborhoods in our nation\u2019s capital. The original water lilies were planted by a\u00a0<\/span>Civil War veteran<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>who bought the 30-acre parcel in the 1880s. The park\u2019s wetlands also provide habitat for many animals including fox, mink and otter. Visit this\u00a0<\/span>link<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for more information.<\/p>\n Other National Park Forever Stamps previewed to date include\u00a0<\/span>Acadia National Park<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Arches National Park<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Assateague Island National Seashore<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Bandelier National Monument<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Carlsbad Caverns National Park<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Everglades National Park<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve<\/em><\/a>,<\/em>Grand Canyon National Park<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Gulf Islands National Seashore<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Haleakal? National Park<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The June 2 first-day-of-issue ceremony for the National Parks Forever Stamps pane will take place at New York City\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Javits Center<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>at 11 a.m. as part of the world\u2019s largest stamp show that only takes place in the United States once a decade,\u00a0<\/span>World Stamp Show-NY 2016<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Dedication ceremonies will also take place at or near each of the National Parks depicted on the stamps. Individuals are asked to spread the news on social media by using the hashtags\u00a0<\/span>#NPSStamps, #FindYourPark\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>or\u00a0<\/span>#NPS100<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n World Stamp Show-NY 2016 will take place May 28\u2013June 4. There will be something for everyone there, no matter what you collect. Stamp collecting is a hobby for a lifetime. No matter what your specialty, you\u2019ll find it at the show.<\/p>\n The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON – 4\/18\/16 – A water lily with a bloom the size of a basketball in Washington, DC\u2019s Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is featured on the 11th of 16 Forever Stamp images. The stamps are being revealed individually over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service\u2019s 100th anniversary. Kenilworth Park & Aquatic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14694,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14691\/revisions\/14694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe stamp image was photographed by\u00a0<\/span>Cindy Dyer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0of Alexandria, VA, who also provided the images from Kenilworth for the\u00a0<\/span>Water Lilies Forever Stamps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>issued last year.<\/p>\n