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US HR1077
Resolution
Status
2/25/2026
Primary Sponsor
Joyce Beatty
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AI Summary
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House Resolution urging the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee and USPS to issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley
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Charity Adams Earley was the first Black officer in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) and commanded the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the first Black WAC unit deployed overseas during World War II
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Her unit was stationed in Birmingham, England, and cleared a 6-month mail backlog in just 3 months; she was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the highest possible WAC rank
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Adams Earley has been previously honored with the Congressional Gold Medal (posthumously, March 14, 2022), the renaming of Fort Lee to Fort Gregg-Adams (April 2023), and a VA women's clinic named in her honor (June 2024)
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Resolution introduced February 25, 2026 by Rep. Beatty with 22 bipartisan cosponsors and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Legislative Description
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams Earley.
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2/25/2026