12 obscure facts you didn’t know about US postage
Sending mail during a deployment is nothing new. According to the WWII Museum, “Each year of [WWII], the number of pieces of mail increased. In 1945, 2.5 billion pieces went through…
Here’s how the USPS delivered 12 million letters a week during WWI
In a fact we all know but may not understand in practice — during the First World War, written communication was the only way families could keep in touch. There…
The intense rules for US Marines who protected mail from gangsters
“When our Corps goes in as guards over the mail, that mail must be delivered,” wrote Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. “Or there must be a Marine dead at the post of duty. There can be no compromise.” It was the Golden Age of the Gangster, when…
These are the 2021 USPS holiday mail shipping deadlines
The holidays are upon us and 2021 has left a logistical nightmare that would make the best S4 weep. Despite the coalition withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. service members remain deployed…
Why care packages are just as important for today’s troops
Few things can truly lift a deployed troop’s spirits like hearing the words, “Hey you, you got mail” before having a big ol’ box plopped on their lap. It doesn’t matter what’s inside — just the fact that someone remembered them while they we…
Here are the 2020 USPS holiday shipping deadlines
Whether you hit Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday or just a random Tuesday night after a cocktail because #quarantine, tis the season to be jolly … and to…
Operation Mail Call connects isolated Veterans with the world
Veterans in the community living center (CLC) at VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, like CLC residents throughout the VA health care system, are isolated due to COVID-19 safety precautions and unable to receive visitors.
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The rise and fall of USPS
5 things you didn’t know about the Pony Express
It’s hard to imagine days without Prime delivery, instant downloads and fast food. But 160 years ago, things like mail took a really long time. The Pony Express changed delivery forever.
Here are 5 facts you probably didn’t know abo…
The mail must go through: Your questions answered about coronavirus and the mail
As America works quickly to find ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it might not always be easy to know which industries are being affected and in what ways. Restaurants are offering takeout, cable companies are giving rebates on data usage…