{"id":26726,"date":"2019-07-02T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26726"},"modified":"2019-07-02T08:30:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:30:20","slug":"independence-day-history-of-nation-usps-linked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/07\/02\/independence-day-history-of-nation-usps-linked\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day &#8211; History of nation, USPS linked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-thumbnail link-fullfeature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-twentyfourteen-full-width wp-post-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pmgIndependenceDay_large-story.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pmgIndependenceDay_large-story.jpg 900w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pmgIndependenceDay_large-story-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pmgIndependenceDay_large-story-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/link.usps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/pmgIndependenceDay_large-story-120x80.jpg 120w\" alt=\"People carry patriotic banner down street\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"link-caption\"><em>People march in an Independence Day parade in Wellfleet, MA, in 2014.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 7\/02\/19 &#8211; Thursday, July 4, is Independence Day, the annual holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.<\/p>\n<p>Independence Day holds special significance for the Postal Service, whose history is closely tied to the nation\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>The organization traces its roots to July 26, 1775, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed Postmaster General by the Second Continental Congress, a convention of delegates from the 13 Colonies.<\/p>\n<p>The Founding Fathers considered a strong postal system so important to the nation\u2019s success that the U.S. Constitution empowered Congress to \u201cestablish Post Offices and post roads\u201d to help ensure the free flow of ideas and information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Postal Service has served the American people for more than 240 years,\u201d said Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan. \u201cOur history is America\u2019s history, and we\u2019re proud of the important role our organization has played in shaping the nation. Our commitment to public service is unwavering, and we will continue to bind our country through prompt, reliable and efficient delivery services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Archives\u2019 site has a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\/declaration-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">history<\/a><\/em>\u00a0of the Declaration of Independence, while usps.com has more\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/publications\/pub100.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">information<\/a><\/em>\u00a0about the Postal Service\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People march in an Independence Day parade in Wellfleet, MA, in 2014. USPS News Link &#8211; 7\/02\/19 &#8211; Thursday, July 4, is Independence Day, the annual holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Independence Day holds special significance for the Postal Service, whose history is closely tied to the nation\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26727,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26726\/revisions\/26727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}