Thread by @lisasharper

1/ My Great Grandpop Hiram Lawrence moved to Philly with his wife, Ella Fortune, after seeing the world aboard a WWI US Naval ship. While establishing himself in Philadelphia he and Ella rented a home while 28yr-old Hiram worked two jobs: Dog Catcher and mail clerk. #SaveTheUSPS

2/ Ten years later, in 1930-in the middle of the Great Depression, Hiram had established himself as a clerk for the US Post Office and had earned enough to buy a home.
#SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice

3/ Hiram Lawrence served as a US Postal Clerk into the 1940s. He was promoted to a supervisoral role in the late 40s-early 1950s.

He loved his work and served in Philadelphia’s Central Post Office well into the 1950s until his passing in 1958.
#SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice

4/ The Post Office is a central institution of American democracy, industry and commerce. It allows the free flow of communication, delivers parts industries need to work. And reliable mail service is a cornerstone of a thriving economy.
#SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice

5/ Great Grandpop Hiram served his nation; first in the Navy, then in the Post Office.
#SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice

6/ 45’s #waronusps is a war on the poor and middle class, American industry and small business. And in the middle of a pandemic, when American Veterans need to receive medications by mail, Trump’s war against the Post Office is a declaration of war against America.
#SaveTheUSPS

7/7 Fight back.
#savethepostoffice #savetheUSPS #callyourrepresentatives TODAY at [phone]. Tell them to “Save the Post Office.”
#SaveTheUSPS #SaveThePostOffice