Cambridge Ohio Postal Facility to be named for John Glenn

Ceremony to Honor Famed Astronaut, Legislator on June 16

COLUMBUS, OH —  Postal Representatives and Ohio Congressman Zack Space will join former U.S. Senator John Glenn at the Cambridge Post Office as the facility is renamed the John Herschel Glenn Jr. Post Office Building in honor of the famed astronaut and statesman.  The ceremony will take place 10:00 a.m., June 16, 2008, at the facility located at 954 Wheeling Ave in Cambridge. The public is invited to attend.

Space sponsored a renaming bill that was signed into law by President Bush last fall.  When he sponsored the renaming legislation, Space called Glenn “a model of public service.”  

Although Glenn grew up in New Concord, OH, Glenn was born in Cambridge July 18, 1921. He earned the admiration of millions for his career as one of the original U.S. astronauts.   Glenn was the third American to fly in space and the first to orbit the earth when he circled three times aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.  He is also the oldest living person to have flown in space when he journeyed aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1998 at the age of 77. 

Glenn had a long and successful career while representing Ohio as a United States Senator from 1974 to 1999.

A special pictorial postmark commemorating the renaming of the building will be available to ceremony attendees.  The postmark contains images of John Glenn as a Senator and of the Friendship 7 space capsule flown in the first American orbital flight.  The background is the State of Ohio flag, representing his birthplace and service in the United States Senate from Ohio.  The John Glenn Building Dedication Day Station Postmark will also be available for a 30-day period following the event at the Cambridge Post Office. Customers are urged to bring items to which a stamp can be affixed to receive the special postmark.