US 101's video: How The Postal Service Connected America - US 101

Recently, the United States Postal Service has come under fire from President Trump who called the institution a "loser." But the history of the USPS would show otherwise. This week, we'll look at the history of the United States Postal Service. We'll learn about what one of its earliest and most famous postmaster generals did to modernize the institution, why establishing post offices was put in the Constitution, how the postal service created routes west to the Pacific, and the one time we tried to send mail via missiles. Learn more about the Postal Service: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy.html https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/a-big-day-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-postal-service https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-postal-system-established https://people.howstuffworks.com/usps1.htm https://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/27/how-post-office-created-america/ https://www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches Follow US 101 on social media: http://twitter.com/usahistory101 http://instagram.com/usahistory101 http://facebook.com/usahistory101