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Bakersfield post office is named for hometown boy Merle Haggard Merle Haggard

Bakersfield post office is named for hometown boy Merle Haggard Merle Haggard

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.

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