Does the US post office deliver mail on Good Friday?
Until 1912, mail was delivered 7 days a week. As the postal service grew in popularity and usage in the 1800s, local religious leaders were noticing a decline in Sunday morning church attendance due to local post offices doubling as gathering places. These leaders appealed to the government to intervene and close post offices on Sundays.[64][65] As a result of this intervention by the government, U.S. Mail (with the exception of Express Mail[66]) is not delivered on Sunday, with the exception of a few towns in which the local religion has had an effect on the policy, for example, Loma Linda, California, which has a significant Seventh-Day Adventist population.[64] U.S. Mail is delivered Monday through Saturday, with the exception of observed federal holidays. Saturday delivery was temporarily suspended in April, 1957 due to lack of funds, but quickly restored.[67] In 2009, the Postmaster General proposed reducing delivery days from 6 to 5, due to declining mail volume and increasing co
Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday, is a holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
