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Omaha Steve

(103,510 posts) Mon Jul 27, 2015, 07:10 PM Jul 2015

7-26-15 Ben Franklin’s USPS in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/july-26-ben-franklins-usps/

July 26, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1775. That was the day that the United States Post Office was created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was a member of the Second Continental Congress. Among many distinctions Ben Franklin was the nation’s first Postmaster General.

2:00 minute audio at link

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