CUBA-USA/FLAG-REHEARSAL Marines rehearse flag raising outside U.S. embassy in Havana

Record ID: 144153

  • Title: CUBA-USA/FLAG-REHEARSAL Marines rehearse flag raising outside U.S. embassy in Havana
  • Date: 14th August 2015
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF MARINES PRACTICING RAISING THE U.S. FLAG
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Cuba
  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAXFPEVEGD9305HMK4J0V04XJP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: One day before the United States raises its flag over its embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years, U.S. marines and a small band rehearsed the historic ceremony on Thursday (August 13).
    Under the hot Caribbean sun, three marines put the flag on the flagpole, raised it half-way, and lowered it before marching away.
    On Friday (August 14), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will attend the embassy's inauguration in Havana in which U.S. officials will ceremoniously hoist the Stars and Stripes over the premises.
    Last month, the Cuban flag was raised over Havana's embassy in Washington, a milestone in the diplomatic thaw that began with an announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro on December 17.
    The raising of the flag is an important symbolic gesture of the restoration of ties between the United States and Cuba, opening a new chapter of engagement between the former Cold War foes.
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