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Binding the Nation Exhibit Tour
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- Video Title
- Binding the Nation Exhibit Tour
- Description
- A short video about the 'Binding the Nation' Exhibit at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. George Washington envisioned a nation bound together by a system of post roads and post offices. Starting the System documents America's increasing need for a mail system to ensure the free flow of information between citizens and their government. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/binding-the-nation
- Video Duration
- 43 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- Smithsonian "postal museum" "National Postal Museum" stamps philately post office history
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianNPM
- Uploaded
- 2009-06-05T21:21:02.000Z
- Creator
- National Postal Museum
- Type
- YouTube Videos
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- SmithsonianNPM
- YouTube Category
- Education
- Topic
- Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting
- Record ID
- yt_ltaj289grcs
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