Just a few months after the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings, Baltimore is honoring the former lawyer and lawmaker by renaming a courthouse after him
Baltimore's East Court House Building will become the Elijah E. Cummings Court House Building, announced Mayor Bernard C. Jack Young on Friday.Young also declared January 18 as Elijah Cummings Day in Baltimore. That day was his birthday.Two signs will be placed on the north and south side of the courthouse, each honoring Cummings' legacy, CNN affiliate WBAL reported.
Cummings, who represented Maryland's 7th Congressional District since 1996, died in October at the age of 68. He graduated from Baltimore City College High School before attending Howard University in nearby Washington, DC and University of Maryland School of Law.
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