The U.S. House this week approved U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski’s (D-3rd) plan to rename Chicago’s Mount Greenwood post office as the Captain Herbert Johnson Memorial Post Office Building. The post office building is located at 3349 W. 111th St. H.R. 3085 now moves on to the Senate. Capt. Herbert “Herbie” …
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