It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Post Office

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The US Postal Service has a committee that rules on who gets honored on postage stamps. The fact that Mister Rogers will be featured on a postage stamp next month shows how out of touch they are. No, NOT that the late Fred Rogers doesn’t belong on a postage stamp. Without question, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is one of the most iconic children’s TV shows in history. No, the problem with the post office is that Rogers, who died in 2003, has been eligible to be on a stamp for about eight years. And they’re just getting around to it now. Oh, well, better late than never, right? The stamp will be issued next month to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the birth of Mister Rogers. Fred Rogers was a beautiful soul who, although an ordained Presbyterian minister, never preached a sermon from a pulpit. Instead, he preached his faith daily on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for 33 years. Rogers died of stomach cancer in 2003. His home state of Pennsylvania has paid a number of honors to him, including a statue in Pittsburgh that shows him in the process of removing his shoes for the more comfortable tennis shoes that he did in the opening of the show. It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood post office, indeed!! The iconic opening of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: