On June 17, 1895, the first marine post office in the nation was chartered in Detroit. In 1948, postal operations were wholly assumed by the J.W. Westcott Co. and the J.W. Westcott became an official U.S. Postal Service mail boat.
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admission days, and any other changes to our regular
open schedule: detroithistorical.org/visit
🌤️📲 Holiday hours! Please note a few
upcoming museum closures this summer, including this
Friday, 6/19 and Saturday, July 4. The Dossin Great
Lakes Museum will be OPEN on Labor Day, Monday, 9/
7, but the Detroit Historical Museum will be CLOSED.
Detroit Historical Society
It was the last place in the Confederacy for this news to spread, and the day was dubbed "Juneteenth" by the newly freed people and is now a federal holiday.
Learn move via the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
🚢💌 Learn more about the Wetscott in our Dossin Great Lakes Museum exhibition Mail By the Pail. It's open now: www.detroithistorical.org/exhibitions/...
