Established in 1775, when the Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as postmaster general, the postal service predates the United States itself.

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The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily — undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

Was Peggy Shippen the real mastermind behind Benedict Arnold’s betrayal? Peggy successfully fooled the most powerful men in America, including George Washington, into believing she was just an ...

The one government agency that still reaches nearly every American daily -- undeterred by rain, sleet, snow or even gloom of ...

After American Independence, many of the 13 Colonies claimed additional territories into the West. As they let go of their ...