Websites across the internet are celebrating 250 years of the USPS. Here is a roundup of articles.
From the Archive: You’ve Got Mail | The Saturday Evening Post
The Post honors the U.S. Postal Service for 250 years of delivering for the American people.
Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service With These 15 Photographs
These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest are truly a dream delivery
Stamp unveiled in Smithfield commemorates 250th anniversary of Postal Service - Smithfield Times
Smithfield was home to one of the first 60 post offices created when the Continental Congress named Benjamin Franklin as the nation’s first-ever postmaster general on July 26, 1775 – nearly a year before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The date makes the 1752-founded town and the organization that would become the U.S. […]
Your Local Post Office Is a Love Letter to Your Town
The post office was America’s original gossip hub—and it had to be designed for this important role. “In the colonial period, there were no dedicated post office buildings; almost all the post offices were in taverns or shops,” says Stephen Kochersperger, a United States Postal Service historian and manager of corporate information services
Special Delivery! – 250 Years of the United States Postal Service
Photograph of Air Mail Display in Manteca, California (Local ID: 28-MS-3B-5) This week marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Postal Service (USPS), which the Second Conti…
Meet the nation’s first postmaster: The genius who started the U.S. Postal Service 250 years ago
Even before there was a United States, the US Postal Service was established and one of the most intriguing Founding Fathers was put in charge of it.
PHOTO COLLECTION: The U.S. Postal Service at 250
This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.
From Benjamin Franklin to Pony Express to Anthrax: How the US Postal Service Shaped a Nation
The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of night — turns 250 on Saturday
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