SALISBURY – The Postal Service will host an event on Friday, June 23, to celebrate the 225^th anniversary of the Salisbury Post Office. The public is invited to attend the event, which will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Post Office located at 605 E. Innes St.

“We are grateful to have been part of the Salisbury community for the past 225 years and look forward to serving our customers each day,” said Salisbury Officer-In-Charge Alyssa Dixon. “While we take time to celebrate our longstanding history in Salisbury, we are just as excited to talk about the great services and innovative features offered by the Postal Service today.”

To learn more about modern postal services, including shopping for postal products online, growing your business, getting passport acceptance information and signing up for the latest postal feature called Informed Delivery, go to usps.com. To explore postal history, go to http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/welcome.htm.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.