The 1864 presidential election was the first time absentee voting was exercised at scale: Approximately 7.5 percent of the total vote was cast from the field or by proxy.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of mail (17 million pieces of it!) that hadn’t…

The Edmond post office shooting was a mass shooting that occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 20, 1986. In less than fifteen minutes, 44 year-old postal worker Patrick Sherrill pursued…

Mere months after a historic wildcat strike brought the U.S. Mail to a standstill, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act— the most comprehensive postal reform since the…

The post card had been sent from the Ocean Surf Motel in Miami Beach to “Mrs. E. Muddiman” of Steeplebush Road in August 1960. Marable sleuthed around, but found that…

Hogan was assigned to the postal service, first on the West Coast and then on the East Coast, during the Vietnam War. Hogan was born and raised in Warren, and…

From 1753 to 1774, Franklin improved the courier system connecting the 13 fragmented colonies into a more efficient organization that sped deliveries between Philadelphia and New York City to a…

On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted to create a postal system in the Colonies and selected Benjamin Franklin to lead it.

The Apollo 11 astronauts — Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins — brought a commemorative envelope on their pioneering lunar mission with the intent to postmark it on the…

There are many examples of our innovation and commitment to meeting our mission, but I think one of our lesser-known successes — the Highway Post Office (HPO) — provides valuable…