Cuba Embassy Inauguration happening now!

[MoonRiver]

Flag about to be raised at the embassy! This is an awesome, historic day!

[Proud Public Servant]

1. And right down the street from my apartment!

Wish I could have stayed home this morning...

[MoonRiver]

2. You're in Cuba?

[HassleCat]

3. Can't behappening

The US will never normalize relations with Cuba. Gay marriage will never be allowed. We will never have health care reform. Americans will never vote for a black presidential candidate. Never. I like things the way they are. Or maybe the way they were. Can we just turn back the clock? Please? I'm getting all nervous here.

[Iliyah]

4. What channel?

[MoonRiver]

7. Watching CNN

[Iliyah]

5. Every cable news channel is talking about T-rump vs. McCain

[Fred Sanders]

6. Every cable news channel is not news, it is entertainment, so of course. I am sick of the childishness of them all.

[n2doc]

8. more info

The Cuban flag is raised over their new embassy in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. AP Photo


After decades of icy relations, Cuba and the United States officially established full diplomatic relations Monday after an agreement struck earlier this summer went into effect after midnight.

There was little fanfare for the historic shift, announced earlier this month, as crews hung the Cuban flag in the lobby of the State Department alongside those of other nations that have full diplomatic relations with the U.S., the Associated Press reported.

The Cuban flag was raised at the embassy in Washington D.C. on Monday morning. Secretary of State John Kerry announced his first trip to Cuba will be on August 14, the first official state visit by a U.S. official since 1961, and the first visit by a U.S. secretary of state since 1945. The U.S. flag will be raised at the American embassy during Kerry’s visit.

The flag-raising in Washington was without incident, although a protester tried to charge the Cuban embassy following the ceremony and was detained.

more

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/us-and-cuba-to-open-embassies-in-each-others-capitols

[MoonRiver]

9. Truly historic!

Thanks for the pic and info!

[snooper2]

10. Um, that isn't Cuba LOL

John Kerry will be going there in August for a flag raising party thingy