LAWRENCE, Ind. (WISH) — Indianapolis’ postmaster on Wednesday said she hopes the service’s next 250 years are just as good as the first.
This week marks 250 years since the Second Continental Congress authorized the forerunner of today’s United States Postal Service. Indianapolis Postmaster Andrea Dallas met with postal workers at their morning meeting to hand out commemorative pins. Dallas, herself a former letter carrier, said it’s an honor to be part of the service’s own semiquincentennial. She said the service is a lifeline for Americans because it delivers to every single home every day.
Dallas served in the U.S. Army before joining USPS, including a deployment for Operation Desert Storm. She said getting letters and packages from home was always a highlight.
“When you think about all the different wars and the conflicts that we’ve served in, how vital that was, how we had to bring the mail to different areas,” she said.
Dallas said individual post offices are holding celebrations throughout the year.
July 26 is the exact anniversary of the postal service’s founding. Benjamin Franklin served as the nation’s first postmaster general, having previously served in that capacity under royal authority between 1753 and 1774. Franklin held the position under Congressional authority until the fall of 1776, when he became ambassador to France.
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