National Holiday to Honor the Iconic Civil Rights Leader Post Offices across the country will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2021 as postal employees pause to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Street delivery on Monday will be limited to guaranteed overnight parcels and there will be no collection of mail. King, born in […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that commemorates the birthday of the civil rights icon, will be observed Monday, Jan. 20. King, born in 1929, helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his landmark “I Have a Dream” speech. He also helped pave the way for enactment of the Civil […]
1/17/2017 SPRINGDALE — A U.S. Postal Service representative said downtown post office workers had nothing to do with a notice on the door Monday that claimed it was closed for Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday. The notice on the front entrance at 429 Holcomb St. stated, “Closed in rememberance (sic) of General Robert E. Lee’s […]
03/06/2015 March 7 commemorates the 50th anniversary of the march for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, AL, which was cut short by police brutality. The march galvanized the burgeoning movement for voting rights and was a catalyst for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The historic chain of events was sparked by […]
01/19/2015 – A coalition of consumer organizations, financial reform groups, faith-based organizations and workers’ representatives – including the APWU and the other postal unions – announced the formation of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Jan. 19. The coalition is calling on the U.S. Postal Service to expand access to affordable financial services through its […]