At 11 am on Saturday, March 20, the U.S. Postal Service will join Congressman Alcee L. Hastings in renaming the Pompano Beach Main Office facility as the “Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building.”
A dedication ceremony will take place in front of the Main Office located at 2351 W. Atlantic Blvd in Pompano Beach. Following the ceremony, refreshments will be available in the Post Office Box Lobby.
Last year the Congressman introduced a bill designating the Post Office in honor of Pompano Beach’s first African-American mayor, Elijah "Pat" Larkins, who died on February 14, 2009, after losing a 16-month battle with brain cancer. Joining Hastings as original co-sponsors of this legislation include: Representatives Corrine Brown (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ron Klein (D-FL), Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Robert Wexler (D-FL).
Throughout his more than 25 years of public service, Mayor Larkins made significant contributions to the Civil Rights movement and to the lives of the many Floridians he served. Mayor Larkins became Pompano Beach's first African-American mayor in 1985, and served a record seven terms in that office.
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