WASHINGTON — On Veterans Day, Alabama’s entire House delegation supports a bill to rename a post office in Tuskegee after the African American pilots who fought in World War II. Congressman Shomari Figures is sponsoring the legislation.

The bipartisan bill would designate the U.S. post office at 401 North Elm Street as the “Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office.”

“Designating the Tuskegee Post Office as the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office is a meaningful way to honor the legacy of these trailblazing heroes, and I’m proud to do this on my first Veterans Day with the full support of Alabama’s congressional delegation,” Figures, D-Mobile, said in a statement. He was elected to Congress last year.

The pilots and support crews trained at Tuskegee Army Airfield and broke racial barriers w

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