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CATHARINE COFFIN STAMP INTRODUCED IN CEREMONY

(Fountain City, IN)--One of Fountain City’s most famous residents was honored Thursday with a new Forever stamp commemorating her efforts to help thousands of enslaved people find their way to freedom through the Underground Railroad.  The stamp features antislavery activist Catharine Coffin.  It was unveiled Thursday during a ceremony at the Coffin House and was created in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.  Her stamp is included with 18 others who helped to end slavery, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.