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1 of 7A large crowd of people gather to watch the Cuban flag being raised outside the Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA -
2 of 7The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—Pool/EPA -
3 of 7The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—Pool/EPA -
4 of 7The last Cuban flag that was lowered from the former Cuban Embassy in Washington on January 3, 1961 when relations between the United States and Cuba were severed, hangs in the new Cuban Embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters -
5 of 7View of the skylight over the main room of the new Cuban embassy in Washington on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters -
6 of 7A member of a Cuban honor guard salutes as Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez prepares to raise the Cuban flag over their new embassy in Washington, on July 20, 2015.Andrew Harnik—Pool/Reuters -
7 of 7A guard stands in front of the new Cuban embassy after officials raised the national flag in a ceremony in Washington on July 20, 2015.Carlos Barria—Reuters
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