What:

Martin Olav Sabo Post Office Renaming Event

Who:

Speakers:
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, US Representative, MN 5th District
Congresswoman Betty McCollum, US Representative, MN 4th District
Sabo Family
Angela Bye, Minnesota-North Dakota District Manager, USPS

When:

Monday, March 18th at 10:00am.

Where:

Minneapolis Main Post Office
100 South 1st Street
Minneapolis, MN 55401

Background:

H.R.8025 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Martin Olav Sabo Post Office.”

Representative Martin Olav Sabo represented the 5th District of Minnesota for nearly three decades.

He respectfully served his community 46 consecutive years as an elected official (18 MN House and 28 US Congress). He had the second-longest tenure in either house of Congress in the state's history. At the time of his death, he was the longest consecutively elected public official in Minnesota history.

Politicians praised Sabo, a Norwegian Lutheran, for his understated manner and ability to deliver millions of dollars to the Twin Cities for road and housing projects, including the Hiawatha Avenue light-rail line and the Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center. The Martin Olav Sabo Bridge, a 215-foot-long suspension bridge for bicyclists and pedestrians in Minneapolis, is named in his honor.

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