In a moment of symbolic significance, the American flag was unfurled and raised above the glass-and-concrete U.S. Embassy building on Havana's seafront Malecon Boulevard on Friday for the first time since Jan. 3, 1961 — the day the U.S. severed ties with Cuba at the height of the Cold War.
Secretary of State John Kerry — whose visit to Havana was fiercely attacked by some prominent U.S. politicians — called the ceremony a "truly historic moment," while stressing to the leaders and citizens of the communist nation that the United States would "always be a champion of democratic principles."
"This is truly a memorable occasion — a day for pushing aside old barriers and exploring new possibilities," Kerry said in remarks delivered just before the flag was raised, capping Washington’s historic rapprochement with Havana after 54 years of animosity.
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