Clifton Merriman Post Office building commemoration, Nov. 2008
Clifton Merriman Post Office building commemoration, Nov. 2008
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Clifton Merriman Post Office building commemoration, Nov. 2008
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This frame contains four items: a historical photograph of Clifton and Cornelia (Ashe) Merriman, a modern photograph of the Clifton Merriman Post Office Building (Central Square, Cambridge), a note describing the Post Office's re-naming for Clifton Merriman, and a small plaque from Cambridge Post Master Katherine E. Lydon thanking Kenneth Reeves (then Cambridge City Councilor) for his efforts to officially rename the post office after Clifton Merriman.
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Sgt. Clifton Merriman (1893-1989) was a life-long Cambridge resident. He earned a Purple Heart medal serving in World War I and, after returning home, began working for the US Postal Service. He eventually became Assistant Postmaster, the first African-American man to serve in this position. The Central Square Post Office was designated the Clifton Merriman Post Office Building in 1992, but this commemorative frame is from a community celebration of that event held in 2008.
Digitized by the Cambridge Public Library in 2022.
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