Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
More than a year after the start of the American Revolutionary War, the Declaration of the Independence – officially called The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America – was adopted by the Second Continental Congress at Pennsylvania State House (later renamed Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. On that same... Continue Reading →
January 22, 1673 The first regular overland mail-delivery service in the present-day United States was launched when a post rider departed New York City on horseback for Boston. New York Colony Governor Francis Lovelace, responding to a directive from England’s King Charles II to establish closer communications among the northern colonies in North America,... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 