"Pushing the Envelope: A History of the US Post Office Through Stamps." Wednesday, August 18, 11:00am over Zoom By viewing images of vintage US postage stamps, learn about the history of the US Post Office from the first letters carried on the Boston Post Road to the current postal controversies. Hear about the expansion of the Post Office after the Revolution, controversies about mailing anti-slavery literature, the introduction of home delivery, the short-lived Pony Express, mail-in ballots in the Civil War, the origin of money-orders, carrying of mail by railroads, buses and trollies, the start of Rural Free Delivery and Parcel Post, the start of airmail, the innovation of zip codes, calling the Marines to protect the mail, postal strikes, the introduction of Forever stamps and the impact of email on the PO’s financial situation. See images of the many creative ways mail has been carried including rockets, dog sleds, and mules in the Grand Canyon. The program is presented by Henry Lukas, Education Director at the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History at Regis College. This program is being presented by our sister village Cambridge Neighbors. You must RSVP for this program no later than Monday, August 16 to receive the zoom link. (Note: The link will come from Cambridge Neighbors before the event.)