HISTORY
The Founders knew an independent Postal Service is vital for democracy
The Post Office Act helped spread commerce and civic associations that were the lifeblood of the nation in the early ...
The Postal Service, older than the nation, was about more than mail
The latest government agency that President Donald Trump wants to disrupt is older than America itself ...
Two new PMG biographies are available
The Postal Service has published biographies of two former postmasters general — Joseph Habersham, who served from 1795 to 1801, ...
Monuments to Postal History
U.S. Postal Service history is deeply entwined with America’s story. From our beginning, we’ve played a pivotal role in some ...
The first U.S. Christmas stamp was issued Nov. 1, 1962
For years, customers had requested that the Post Office Department issue a Christmas-themed stamp. On Nov. 1, 1962, their holiday ...
The tribulations of how ZIP codes were woven into American (and Alaskan) life
The concept of ZIP codes, from the acronym Zone Improvement Plan, originated in the 1940s. Beginning in 1943, the Postal ...
How the Civil War Spawned the Mail-In Ballot
The 1864 presidential election was the first time absentee voting was exercised at scale: Approximately 7.5 percent of the total ...
The Six Triple Eight: Tyler Perry Tells the True Story of the 6888th Battalion
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year ...
August 20th will be the 38th anniversary of the Edmond post office shooting
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 ...
President Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act on Aug. 12, 1970
Mere months after a historic wildcat strike brought the U.S. Mail to a standstill, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Postal Reorganization Act— ...