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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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State Rep.
Eddie Day Pashinski |
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Pashinski supports stamp honoring coal miners
HARRISBURG, June 29 – At a news conference today, state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Luzerne, urged the United States Postal Service to honor the efforts of the American coal miner and to issue a United States postage stamp honoring coal miners and their families.
The state House has adopted a resolution (H.R. 873) sponsored by Pashinski, which honors the memory of all of the nation's miners who have lost their lives working to provide the fuel to meet the country's energy demands and maintain its economic stability.
"Year after year, petitions have been distributed and thousands of people have signed those petitions recognizing that over 100,000 coal miners died as they excavated the fuel for our country's industrial revolution," Pashinski said.
Pashinski said the Coal Miners Stamp Committee of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the state-formed Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee have agreed to begin a nationwide campaign to educate and inform the American public on the stamp project.
"It is very important to recognize the historical contributions made by the American Miner and explain how every American can take an active role in preserving this great history by casting their vote and promoting this project to other Americans," Pashinski said.
Pashinski said people can add their support for the Coal Miners Stamp online at www.coalminerstamp.com or www.coalminersstamp.com
The Luzerne County legislator was joined by both Democratic and Republican members in his effort to support a state website to collect signatures electronically for the stamp, as well as paper petitions that will be available in legislators' offices throughout the state.
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