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National Postal Museum

The National Postal Museum, located opposite Union Station in Washington, D.C., United States, was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993. The museum is located across the street from Union Station, in the building that once served as the Main Post Office of Washington, D.C. from 1914, when it was constructed, until 1986. The building was designed by the Graham and Burnham architectural firm, which was led by Ernest Graham following the death of Daniel Burnham in 1912. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
National Postal Museum has hosted 5 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2005 Speech. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2014 with an average of 1,102 views per video. Most appearances with Lynn Heidelbaugh (2), Dirk Wales (2). Most common tags: Children's Books, U.S. Postal Service.

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    Delivered Under Fire

    Author Candice Shy Hooper talked about Absalom Hanks Markland, also known as “Grant’s postmaster general,” a U.S. Post Office…

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    Letters Between Home and the Front

    Smithsonian curators Lynn Heidelbaugh & Thomas Paone discussed previously unpublished letters sent between Union Army Private…

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    National Postal Museum

    National Postal Museum director Allen Kane and curators Cheryl Ganz and Daniel Piazza talked about some of the rare stamps an…

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    The Further Adventures of a Lucky Dog

    Dirk Wales talked about his book The Further Adventures of a Lucky Dog: Owney, U.S. Rail Mail Mascot (Great Plains Press; Sep…

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