All United States Postal Service properties and deliveries will be halted today, in observance of a national day of mourning and the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.

The United States Postal Service will not be delivering mail today in observation of a National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter, who died recently at the age of 100. Carter served one term as President from 1977 to 1981. The USPS posted the following announcement on its website:

To honor Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient who resided in Provincetown in the 1950s, all federal offices will be closed on Jan. 9 in observance of the day of mourning. While various other organizations may choose to also close in honor of Carter, unlike on a federal holiday, businesses are not required to close.

The United States Postal Service did not deliver mail on Thursday, January 9th. President Joe Biden declared a National Day of Observance to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter.

With the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter today at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., today is a national day of mourning in the United States. The last national day of mourning was in December 2018 to honor former President George H. W. Bush.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) will temporarily suspend mail delivery on January 9, 2025, to honor the late President Jimmy Carter.

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The United States Postal Service will pause mail delivery and retail services on Thursday, Jan. 9, to honor the life and legacy of former President Jimmy Carter on a National Day of Mourning. All post office locations will be closed for the day,

Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and the public.