As a USPS employee, Lauren from Darlington feels vulnerable to COVID-19. She says, "Every day is a struggle to get out of bed to go to work. I have two young children at home and I cannot afford to stay home and only receive 2/3 of my pay." Read more in our "underbelly" blog at mdhs.org/underbelly. Submit your letter to our #CollectinginQuarantineMD initiative to lettersfromthehomefront@mdhs.org.
Image: “Faithful to His Duty,” photograph by Leo Beachy, undated, PP235.692.1. Leo J. Beachy Photograph Collection, PP235, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Maryland Historical Society.
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