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Event Covers are decorative envelopes, stamped and canceled to celebrate an event, or note an anniversary. Ideally, the stamps used relate to the celebration. A cachet is generally placed on the left side of the envelope, but some Covers have an %u201call over%u201d design. The cachet typically explains what is being commemorated, on what date, and often includes an illustration.I%u2019m not sure why Dad%u2019s store received the Cover below with America%u2019s first Christmas stamp, but it%u2019s dated the day after the stamp%u2019s first-day of issue, and the envelope is sealed with nothing inside.The Covers on the next page were issued to commemorate National Air Mail Week in Madison, WI (cancelled May 21, 1938), and an American Topical Association Stamp Show in Milwaukee (cancelled March 15, 1963).Lynn and I picked up the two Celebrate-theCentury-of-Progress Covers when the special train visited Bloomington over a weekend in 2000. One of the train%u2019s main features was a restored Railway Post Office car so, when I happened to see our Postal Carrier the next week I asked if he%u2019d visited the train. Completely dumfounded by my question, he replied that he dealt with the mail 5 days a week, and didn%u2019t want to have anything to do with mail when he was off work.I bought the Cover honoring the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Tippecanoe when my friend Larry Leffert and I visited the anniversary celebration in Battleground. We were able to get there easily because the Lafayette bus company set up a special route from Lafayette to the Tippecanoe Battlefield Memorial. I enjoyed it so much that I returned a few days later with Mom, Dad, and two of my sisters, Betsy and Barb.Lynn and I got my last Event Cover while visiting Vincennes while the city was celebrating the 225thAnniversary of the Battle of Vincennes.