Civil War Letters
Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast
English - August 01, 2023 15:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBGovernment History shipping us postal service stamps postals service business government history mail postal usps Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Envision a time when our nation was engulfed in a Civil War, and the only connection with loved ones was through the exchange of letters. In this episode, we’ll delve into the profound impact of letter writing during the Civil War era and the importance of the Postal Service. Guiding us through this conversation are special guests Lynn Heidelbaugh, the Curator of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum's history department, and Tom Paone, a Civil War historian and Museum Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum.