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, …
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…
doris finch
11:34 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
And if the Altadena POs are among those slated for closure? What would happen to the Goodall honor then? At least there is a greater chance of permanence for the Pasadena PO. Nor do I perceive a Great Divide between the two entities, even if it would have been nicer on the face of it to have it up here. more ›