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This resolution commends the employees of the United States Postal Service (USPS) for their outstanding contributions to American communities, highlighting the organization's rich history and significant societal impact. The resolution recognizes the USPS's constitutional mandate to deliver mail, traces its origins back to Benjamin Franklin's appointment as the first Postmaster General in 1775, and emphasizes the postal service's progressive role in American history, including pioneering free city and rural mail delivery, supporting veterans (with over 72,000 veteran employees), and driving technological innovations like the first public telegraph line and early commercial aviation. The document also celebrates the USPS's role in supporting diversity, noting groundbreaking employees like Mary Katherine Goddard (the first known woman postmaster) and William Cooper Nell (the first known Black civilian federal employee). By acknowledging postal workers' daily efforts in processing and delivering critical communications—from family letters to medical prescriptions and election mail—the resolution ultimately seeks to present a formal acknowledgment of respect to USPS leadership, symbolizing the state's appreciation for the organization's essential public service.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=376&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HR&SessionID=114&GA=104