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Longtime Nashville Sen. Thelma Harper has US Post Office renamed in her honor

By Blaise Gainey

August 15, 2023

The U.S. Post Office on Rosa Parks Boulevard was renamed to honor the late Sen. Thelma Harper, D-Nashville. Harper was the first African American woman to serve in the Tennessee Senate as well as the longest-serving female senator.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Thelma Harper, tnpol, USPS

‘I can’t imagine the Arcade without the Post Office’: After a century, Arcade customers need to find new mailboxes

By Cynthia Abrams

January 10, 2023

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For over 100 years, downtown Nashvillians have depended on the centerpiece of the Nashville Arcade: the post office. But, the century-old institution has shut its doors.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Arcade, downtown, Downtown Businesses, downtown Nashville, Nashville Arcade, Post Office, USPS

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