CUBA-USA/EMBASSY-FLAG RAISING U.S. flag raised over embassy in Cuba, first time in 54 years

Record ID: 143941

  • Title: CUBA-USA/EMBASSY-FLAG RAISING U.S. flag raised over embassy in Cuba, first time in 54 years
  • Date: 14th August 2015
  • Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (AUGUST 14, 2015) (AGENCY POOL) KERRY LISTENING AS U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS VIEW OF U.S. FLAG FROM BELOW
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Cuba
  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA41S2SOJUTZXUN474EXKL463A3
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  • Story Text: Watched over by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Marines raised the American flag at the embassy in Cuba for the first time in 54 years on Friday (August 14), symbolically ushering in an era of renewed diplomatic relations between the two Cold War-era foes.
    Three retired Marines who last lowered the flag in 1961 participated in the ceremony, handing a new flag to the Marine Color Guard, which raised it on the grounds outside the embassy building on the Havana seafront.
    Officials and diplomats stoof for the playing of the Cuban national anthem. As the final chords of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" played, the crowd erupted in cheers and applause.
    Kerry is the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Cuba in 70 years. The symbolic event took place eight months after Havana and Washington agreed to restore ties and nearly four weeks after the United States and Cuba formally renewed diplomatic relations and upgraded their diplomatic missions to embassies.
    While the Cubans celebrated with a flag-raising in Washington on July 20, the Americans waited until Kerry could travel to Havana.
    Buildings surrounding the embassy were draped with large Cuban flags but the numerous flag poles in front of the embassy were bare but for one Cuban flag.
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