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A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored'

The Montpelier Station railroad depot was built in 1910. The U.S. Postal Service has closed the small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside the depot, which also serves as a museum about racial segregation. (Clint Schemmer/The Star-Exponent via AP)

MONTPELIER STATION, Va. — The United States Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over agency management's concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

In a statement this week addressing the closure, the USPS noted that the museum near former president James Madison's Montpelier estate has historical signage above two exterior doors, one labeled "White" and another labeled "Colored."

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