U.S. Atomic Bomb Stamp: Difference between revisions

From Censorpedia

No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
====Date: [[:Category:1985 - 1995|1985 - 1995]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Date: [[:Category:1994|1994]]====


====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]====
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Racial/Ethnic|Racial/Ethnic]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Racial/Ethnic|Racial/Ethnic]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]====
----
----
'''Artist:''' United States Postal Service
'''Artist:''' United States Postal Service
Line 11: Line 11:
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Government of the Empire of Japan
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Government of the Empire of Japan


'''Dates of Action:''' late 1994
'''Dates of Action:''' 1994


'''Location:''' Washington D.C
'''Location:''' Washington D.C
Line 23: Line 23:
'''Source:''' Multiple newspaper accounts. James P. Vichench (NY, NY)
'''Source:''' Multiple newspaper accounts. James P. Vichench (NY, NY)


[[Category:1985 - 1995]]
[[Category:1994]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:1990s]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:20th century]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:District of Columbia]]
[[Category:Racial/Ethnic]]
[[Category:Racial/Ethnic]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:Public Art]]
[[Category:Public Art]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:]]
[[Category:United States Postal Service]]
[[Category:United States Postal Service]]


__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__

Revision as of 15:48, 8 August 2011

Date: 1994

Region: North America

Subject: Racial/Ethnic

Medium: Public Art


Artist: United States Postal Service

Confronting Bodies: Government of the Empire of Japan

Dates of Action: 1994

Location: Washington D.C

Description of Artwork: 32 cent United States postage stamp, with illustration of atomic bomb explosion, and caption "Decision to drop atomic bomb saves GI lives"

The Incident: Government of the Empire of Japan protested, alleging that the A-bomb dropping at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not normal acts of war but racially motivated genocide - an obvious crock, since the victorious Allies did not exterminate the vanquished Japanese.

Results of Incident: The United States Government and the United States Postal Service kow-towed to the Japanese and withdrew the planned stamp.

Source: Multiple newspaper accounts. James P. Vichench (NY, NY)