Ambassador Gray hosted the new U.S. –Tunisia Parliamentary Friendship Group, headed by Mr. Mohammed Sakhr El-Materi, for a lunch on July 14. The group discussed ideas for future collaboration and the increasing worldwide trend for parliamentarians to meet across national borders
FLTA Returnees receive their certificates Alumni of last year’s Fulbright Foreign Language Teacher’s Aide program visit the embassy to receive certificates confirming their completion of the program in a brief ceremony conducted by cultural attaché Christiaan James.
Independence Day Independence Day, a Civic and Social Event which is celebrated by the United States on July 4, a day of patriotic celebration and family events throughout the country.
Flag Day: The Birthday of the Stars and Stripes When the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag on June 14, 1777, the thirteen stripes alternating red and white, and thirteen white stars in a blue field, represented "a new constellation." On Flag Day, and throughout National Flag Week, we celebrate its lasting luminosity, and the enduring American story that it represents.