By Joel Malkin
Flags are flying at half staff in honor of Representative Alcee Hastings.
The Democrat Congressman died on Tuesday at the age of 84, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Gov. DeSantis ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach City Hall and the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee from sunrise to sunset on Friday.
Hastings, a former federal judge, represented South Florida in the U.S. House since 1993. He was the longest-serving member of Congress.
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By Joel Malkin
Flags are flying at half staff in honor of Representative Alcee Hastings.
The Democrat Congressman died on Tuesday at the age of 84, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Gov. DeSantis ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach City Hall and the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee from sunrise to sunset on Friday.
Hastings, a former federal judge, represented South Florida in the U.S. House since 1993. He was the longest-serving member of Congress.
Photo: Getty Images
Flags to be flown at half-staff for Rep. Alcee Hastings
Governor directs flags to be lowered in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Tallahassee in honor of late congressman
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Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., a member of the House Rules Committee, gestures as he leaves a leadership meeting as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives begins a day of debate on the impeachment charges against President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019.
By Joel Malkin
Flags are flying at half staff in honor of Representative Alcee Hastings.
The Democrat Congressman died on Tuesday at the age of 84, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Gov. DeSantis ordered flags to be flown at half staff at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach City Hall and the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee from sunrise to sunset on Friday.
Hastings, a former federal judge, represented South Florida in the U.S. House since 1993. He was the longest-serving member of Congress.
Photo: Getty Images
DeSantis orders flags at half-staff for Congressman Alcee Hastings
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and last updated 2021-04-08 16:11:14-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â To honor the memory of Congressman Alcee Hastings and his service to the state of Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the flags of the United States and the State of Florida to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, April 9, 2021.
The flags at the Palm Beach County Courthouse in West Palm Beach, the City Hall of Delray Beach, and at the State Capitol in Tallahassee will be lowered.
The governor said Congressman Hastings served fifteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives since his first election in 1992. In 1979, he became the first African-American Federal Judge in the State of Florida. As a national leader and civil rights advocate, Congressman Hastings will be remembered for his strength and influence.