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39 years since Edmond post office massacre left 14 dead, 6 injured

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQed9p_eio EDMOND POST OFFICE MASSACRE. No strangers to large-scale episodes of violence, Oklahomans have endured collective and individual events ranging from...

On June 8, 1959 a Navy submarine fired a guided missile carrying 3,000 letters to debut missile mail

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Throughout its history, the Postal Service has explored faster, more efficient forms of mail transportation. Technologies now commonplace –...

Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom Stopped the United States Post Office Department From Launching on This Day in 1792

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Long before Amazon Prime two-day delivery, the United States Post Office guaranteed mail delivery through all weather conditions. The...

Happy 121st birthday to the NRLCA

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September 12, 1903 is a historic date for the NRLCA. It was on that day that a Constitution and...

Mrs. Mamie Thomas, first female rural mail carrier delivered in Vicksburg

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In 1914, Mrs. Mamie Thomas made history when she became the first female rural mail carrier in the United...

Few People Know West Virginia Was Home To The First Rural Free Delivery Service In America

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Here's a fun piece of historical trivia that you might not have known about West Virginia: our state was...

On this day in 1971 the first union contracts were signed with USPS

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On this day in 1971, the NRLCA and other postal unions entered into our first-ever contract with the US...

History: Rural Free Delivery

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The RFD is a government mail service, where mail carriers travel rural routes to deliver and pickup mail from...

Few People Know West Virginia Was Home To The First Rural Free Delivery Service In America

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Rural free delivery, a United States service providing free mail delivery to residents of rural areas, was first introduced...

Mrs. Mamie Thomas, first female rural mail carrier delivered in Vicksburg

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Born in 1873 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Mamie Thomas grew up in a time when women’s opportunities were limited. However,...

On October 1, 1896, rural free delivery (RFD) service began

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On October 1, 1896, rural free delivery (RFD) service began in Charles Town, Halltown, and Uvilla in West Virginia,...

Today in 1912 a rural carrier did this for the first time

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A rural carrier in Bennington County, VT, was the first to deliver mail by car on a rural route...

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