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My Pop........maternal grandfather was drafted into the USMC.......from his row house.........in SE, Wash DC.......

A man in a U.S. Postal Service uniform leans against a brick wall at 14th and U Streets NW. He’s playing a tenor saxophone, with his mailbag resting at his feet. He’s also nine stories tall.

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