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The U.S. post office in Chicago's Mount Greenwood community is renamed Sunday in honor of fallen Chicago Fire Department Capt. Herbert "Herbie" Johnson. The outside signage won't change, but a plaque noting the dedication will have a permanent place inside the building.
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The U.S. post office in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community is renamed Sunday in honor of fallen Chicago Fire Department Capt. Herbert “Herbie” Johnson. The outside signage won’t change, but a plaque noting the dedication will have a permanent place inside the building.

‘Herbie’s post office’

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Friends and family of late Chicago Fire Department Capt. Herbie Johnson gathered Sunday outside the U.S. post office in the Mount Greenwood community for a ceremony at which the building was renamed in his honor.

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