Monday, January 16, 2012
The post office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena was renamed the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building" in honor of an Altadena resident and Tuskegee Airman.
Oliver Goodall's timeless message to friends and family was to always stand up for something. On Saturday morning, dozens stood for him at a ceremony to change the name of Pasadena's Colorado Boulevard post office to honor Goodall, a postal worker who also served as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black World War II fighter pilots who fought at a time of non-integrated U.S. armed forces. Goodall lived in Altadena from 1961 until his death in November 2010. "When they did it, it wasn't to make history," said Tony Goodall, one of Oliver Goodall's grandsons attending the ceremony. "They joined because they knew they wanted to fly, and people were telling them they couldn't fly, for whatever reason -- they weren't smart enough, …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Oliver Goodall of Altadena, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen group, will have the branch at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena named for him: the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office."
An official naming ceremony will take place on Jan. 14 for a Pasadena post office to be named after an Altadena war hero. Departed Altadena resident Oliver Goodall served with the Tuskegee Airmen group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II as part of the era when the armed forces were not integrated. The post office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena will be named after him: It will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office." Goodall was among 60 African-American U.S. Army Air Corps officers arrested for trying to peacefully integrate an all-white officers’ club, which came to be known as the Freeman Field Mutiny, according to a press release from Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, who introduced the bill to …
Monday, November 14, 2011
Oliver Goodall of Altadena, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen group will have the branch at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office."
After a legislative process that took nearly a year, a bill naming a Pasadena post office in honor of an Altadena World War II veteran and postal work has become law. Departed Altadena resident and World War II veteran, Oliver Goodall, will have the postal office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena named after him: it will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office." The postal service is in the process of manufacturing the plaque to name the office, and there will be a ceremony honoring Goodall at the branch some time in the near future, according to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, who sponsored the legislation. The original plan was to name the Altadena Post Office after Goodall, but the plan changed in June. Goodall …
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Legislation honoring departed Altadena resident Oliver Goodall of the Tuskegee Airmen group will now go to the White House to be signed by the President.
Departed Altadena resident and World War II veteran Oliver Goodall came one step closer to having a post office named in his honor this week after legislation mandating the change passed Congress. Goodall, an Altadena postal worker and veteran who served with the famous Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, will have a Pasadena post office location named for him assuming the President signs legislation that was sponsored by local Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. The Post Office location at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office,” according to a release from Schiff's office. The original plan was to name the Altadena Post Office after Goodall, but the plan changed in June. Goodall entered …
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Oliver Goodall, an Altadena veteran who served with the Tuskegee Airmen, was once arrested for joining 60 other black officers in an attempt to integrate an all-white officers' club.
Oliver Goodall--an Altadena postal worker and veteran who served with the famous Tuskegee Airmen in World War II--will be the namesake for a Pasadena post office location following the House passage of a bill Saturday from Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff. The Post Office location at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena will be called the “First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office,” according to a release from Schiff's office. The original plan was to name the Altadena Post Office after Goodall, but the plan changed last month. Goodall entered the service as a pilot in 1943. He was also among 60 black U.S. Army Air Corps officers arrested for trying to peacefully integrate an all-white officers’ club, according to Schiff's office. The incident…
Sandi Holden
11:06 am on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Congratulations to a true hero. Thanks to you Adam for making this happen. more ›