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| Local children gather on the beach, May 19, 1938 |
Air Mail service in the United States began 101 years ago in 1911 with the first flight from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, California, on February 19. It would be 27 years later that Air Mail service came to Gig Harbor.
To promote the anniversary of that service, the Post Office issued a new Air Mail Stamp and a special stamp cachet. Everyone was encouraged to mail at least one letter during the week of May 15-21, 1938.
