A publish workplace in Jimi Hendrix’s hometown of Renton, Washington has been renamed the “James Marshall ‘Jimi’ Hendrix Post Office Building” within the late musician’s honor, The Seattle Times stories. The constructing is situated at 4301 Northeast 4th Street in Renton—the identical avenue Hendrix grew up on. Hendrix is buried just a few blocks away at Greenwood Memorial Park.
Washington State Representative Adam Smith proposed the rechristening again in July of 2018. The invoice was supposed to have fun the musical legacy of Seattle and its surrounding cities. It obtained unanimous assist from every of Washington’s eight representatives in Congress, and was handed by the House Committee final week.
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