About 300 people turned out in Bakersfield to celebrate the naming of a post office for Merle Haggard in his hometown.
The late country music legend’s sister and widow were among those at a Friday ceremony near downtown honoring Haggard, who helped create the twangy “Bakersfield Sound.”
The event fell on the two-year anniversary of Haggard’s death — and what would have been his 81st birthday.