{"id":39815,"date":"2026-07-16T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=39815"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:54:55","slug":"mr-zip-celebrates-the-nations-250th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2026\/07\/16\/mr-zip-celebrates-the-nations-250th\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. ZIP celebrates the nation\u2019s 250th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mail-with-Mr-Zip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-39816 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mail-with-Mr-Zip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mail-with-Mr-Zip.jpg 495w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mail-with-Mr-Zip-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mail-with-Mr-Zip-123x70.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USPS News Link &#8211; 7\/16\/26 &#8211; A new episode of \u201cMail with Mr. ZIP\u201d \u2014 the animated series on YouTube that aims to increase awareness of the Postal Service among young audiences \u2014 spotlights the nation\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbZH3nFRB50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this episode<\/a>, Mr. ZIP and his friends time travel to July 4, 1776, where they witness Benjamin Franklin \u2014 a Founding Father and the nation\u2019s first postmaster general \u2014 sign the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterward, Franklin hands letters to Mr. ZIP to deliver to U.S. historical figures. Mr. ZIP discovers the letters are invitations to a party celebrating the nation\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viewers are also introduced to the term \u201csemiquincentennial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cMail with Mr. ZIP\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfk61uxvo8Nmpy-ak2ht48Q?app=desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">channel<\/a>\u00a0has more than 85,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"mailto:link@usps.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Email<\/a>\u00a0us your feedback. Your comments could be included in our \u201cMail\u201d column.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USPS News Link &#8211; 7\/16\/26 &#8211; A new episode of \u201cMail with Mr. ZIP\u201d \u2014 the animated series on YouTube that aims to increase awareness of the Postal Service among young audiences \u2014 spotlights the nation\u2019s 250th birthday. In\u00a0this episode, Mr. ZIP and his friends time travel to July 4, 1776, where they witness Benjamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815","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=39815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39818,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39815\/revisions\/39818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}