Hinsdale, N.H., Post Office, oldest in nation, celebrates 200 years

HINSDALE, N.H. >> On Thursday, Aug. 4, the Hinsdale Post Office, the oldest continuously operating post office in the United States, will be celebrating its 200th birthday, and the public is invited to the party.

"We would like to have as many people as would like to come, to share with us," said Hinsdale Postmaster Cindy Mason. "The town band is going to play, and we're going to have a wonderful cake."

The post office has created T-shirts and tote bags to commemorate the event, as well as a special hand-stamped cancellation.

"We asked the high school to help us with designing the cancellation and we could only pick one," Mason said, "but we put all of them on the back of the T-shirt and tote bags so all the students could get recognition."

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