THE HISTORY OF HISPANIC MEN AND WOMEN has been told in many different ways including books, movies, plays, poems, and magazines. In Hispanic Heritage and Participation on United States Stamps , readers will learn the history of Hispanic people and their culture as highlighted on United States postage stamps. While a postage stamp is just a small piece of paper printed and issued by a postal service, people and subjects featured on them offer postal customers and stamp collectors a great deal of information, art and history, through the simple charm of a beautiful and small image. In this book, readers will learn history one stamp at a time, connect past and contemporary events, and learn about the people whose endeavors and accomplishments made them remarkable and memorable.