Going Postal: How The USPS Came To Be

On this episode of Our American Stories, the United States Postal Service was established in 1792. It’s hard to believe that a service that was created over 2 centuries ago, is still used by everyone every day. But what’s even more shocking, is that there was actually a lot of debate about whether there should even be a federal post office in the first place… Here’s Daniel Piazza of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum with the story. 

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