Today
July 26th 2017
Jul 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Today in 1948, President Truman desegregated the military with a presidential order. Executive Order 9981 stated that “there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.”
Today in 1775, the U.S. Postal Service was established by the Second Continental Congress with Benjamin Franklin named the first…

