The James A. Farley Post Office Building is the main U.S. Postal Service building in New York City. (Public Domain)
One of America’s most iconic structures is the James A.
Farley Post Office Building, formally known as the General Post Office
Building, located at Eighth Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets in New
York City.
Although this magnificent architectural masterpiece is conveniently
located across from Penn Station and Madison Garden, and is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places, perhaps it is best known for
prominently bearing the inspirational inscription carved above its
Corinthian colonnade that reads as follows:
“Neither son nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
Protecting Couriers, Employees, Infrastructure, Customers
Behind the scenes of this landmark facility representing America’s
postal service, is the federal law enforcement and security arm of the
U.S. Postal Service.
The mission of this agency is “to support the U.S. Postal Service and
its employees, infrastructure, and customers; enforce the laws that
defend the nation’s mail system from illegal or dangerous use; and
ensure public trust in the mail.”
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is one of America’s oldest federal
law enforcement agencies, founded by Benjamin Franklin. It is critical
to defending the American public from criminals who seek to violate our
laws by attacking the postal system.
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