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Petition Demands Andrew Jackson Name Be Removed from the New Susan A. Davis Post Office
Petition Demands Andrew Jackson Name Be Removed from the New Susan A. Davis Post Office Branch in Rolando Neighborhood of San Diego
By Donald H. Harrison
San Diego Jewish World
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In June 2020, Anderson started the successful campaign to rename the Post Office’s Andrew Jackson Station, gathering 1464 signatures on a petition to do so. At that time, he had no particular preference for whom the post office branch should be named instead of Jackson; he just wanted Jackson’s name removed. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-San Diego) subsequently introduced successful legislation to rename it in honor of Davis, who as her predecessor, served 20 years in the House of Representatives. Davis and Jacobs are both members of the San Diego Jewish community.
In the new petition, Anderson calls for “removing the signage referring to, honoring and glorifying Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States, enslaver of souls, author of the Indian Removal Act and perpetrator of genocide.”
The petition, also seeking the updating of the U.S. Postal Service website to reflect the name change, is addressed to U.S. Postmaster Louis Dejoy; Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-San Diego); California’s two Democratic U.S. senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla, and to President Joe Biden.
Anderson asserts that leaving the Andrew Jackson name on the building “is an unambiguous violation of federal Public Law 117-134 (which renamed it for former Congresswoman Davis). There is no need to enact a new public law,” he stated in the petition. “Tear it down now.”
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