About National Newspaper Carrier Day
Newspaper Carrier Day honors Barney Flaherty, the first newspaper carrier (or paperboy) hired in 1833, as well as all current newspaper carriers.
It is celebrated on September 4th, the anniversary of Flaherty's hiring by Benjamin Day, publisher of the New York Sun.
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