Issued on September 12, 2019, this stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman, one of America's most influential poets. The stamp features a portrait of Whitman based on an 1869 photograph, with a hermit thrush on a lilac branch in the background, a reference to his famous elegy for Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman's connection to New Jersey is deeply rooted in the later years of his life. In 1873, following a stroke, he moved to Camden to be with his ailing mother. He would live in Camden for the next 19 years, first with his brother and then in his own home on Mickle Street, the only house he ever owned. During his time in Camden, he continued to write and revise his seminal work, "Leaves of Grass," and received many literary visitors from around the world. His home is now a National Historic Landmark, preserving the legacy of the poet who found a home and a final resting place in New Jersey.