Is Mail Delivered on 5th of July 2021? Are Post Offices Open or Closed?
As with many federal holidays, numerous businesses and services are closed for Memorial Day today. This includes the U.S. Postal Services mail delivery and many other mail delivery services. Mail Will Not Be Delivered Today  The USPS will not be open and the U.S. Postal Service will not be delivering mail to your home today, even though the official federal holiday for the 4th of July was yesterday. This means that postal offices will be closed today too and you wont be receiving mail today. According to USPSs holiday schedule, the postal service is closed on New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr.s Birthday, Washingtons Birthday (observed), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. This year, because the Fourth of July falls on a Sunday, the holiday is being observed today on Monday, July 5. So that means federal employees still get the day off and mail wont be delivered today. The USPS website notes: July 4, 2021 (the legal public holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, July 5, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes.  Regular mail delivery will resume on Tuesday, July 6. You can still visit self-service kiosks in postal office lobbies, which will be open today even though no one will be working. If you want to find a self-service kiosk near you, go to the Post Office Locator on USPS.com. In the dropdown menu, choose Self-Service Kiosks under Location Type. Then fill in your city and state or your ZIP code. Then select how far youre willing to travel under the within category, and click on Search.  UPS & FedEx Also Consider Today a Shipping Holiday  UPS and FedEx also consider today to be a shipping holiday. According to FedExs holiday schedule, every service is closed except FedEx Custom Critical. FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery, FedEx SmartPost, FedEx Trade Networks, and FedEx Freight are all closed today. According to FedEx, Custom Critical is same-day and overnight delivery of expedited freight.  FedEx Office locations will have modified hours today, so youll want to call your local store to see if its open or not. UPS is observing Independence Day today, so although UPS Store locations are open, and there wont be any pickup or delivery service today. UPS Express Critical service is still available. UPS lists its holiday schedule here. UPS holidays where shipping is closed include New Years Day, Valentines Day (because it fell on a Sunday), Easter, Mothers Day (falls on a Sunday), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If youre wondering about Amazons mail delivery, thats a little more complicated. Typically, because UPS, FedEx, and USPS delivery services are closed, Amazon also has a shipping holiday. But this isnt always guaranteed, depending on how the item is being delivered. READ NEXT: The latest COVID-19 vaccine updates and variant news