Celebrating Airmail: 1938
Today, e-mail travels in a matter of moments, text messages arrive in real time, and almost all items sent through the U.S. Mail spend at least part of their time on an airplane.
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Today, e-mail travels in a matter of moments, text messages arrive in real time, and almost all items sent through the U.S. Mail spend at least part of their time on an airplane.
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Bass Reeves was a former slave hired to be a deputy U.S. marshal in Indian Territory (what was to become the state of Oklahoma). He was one of the first
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Jackie Robinson was the first Black major league baseball player, but he was almost prevented from getting to his first spring training in 1946. In 1945, Branch Rickey, general
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A former slave who became a well-regarded ranch manager and amateur naturalist deserves credit for recognizing a significant archaeological find. George McJunkin noticed over-sized bison bones in a washed-out arroyo
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Polar explorer Admiral Richard Byrd’s staff commissioned the Pullman Company near Chicago to build a snow cruiser for what would be Admiral Byrd’s third trip to Antarctica. The idea for
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Car seat belts are a safety measure that most people take for granted. While compliance is at an all-time high—90 percent of front seat passengers use their seatbelts—car crashes are
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