This 3¢ stamp was issued on September 3, 1956 and paid the postage on a one-ounce first-class letter.
[The Smithsonian Institution - National Postal Museum]
Florence Reece (1900-1986) wrote this song in 1931 after her house was invaded by men hired by the mining company who hoping to find and murder her husband Sam, a union organizer in Harlan County, Kentucky. Fortunately Sam had received a warning and he escaped before they arrived.
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