A 100 years of the Alliance between Serbia and USA: Ana Brnabic at a ceremony with representatives of the Senate and the State Department

The 100th anniversary of the Alliance between Serbia and the United States is being marked in Washington, and the main event will be on July 28th, when the Serbian flaw was raised in the White House in 1918 as a sign of gratitude to the Serbian people and the army for their contribution in the First World War.

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The marking of the anniversary was organized by the Serbian embassy in Washington, the Serbian Orthodox Church in the US and it will be attended by PM Ana Brnabic and the Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

The Prime Minister will also take part in marking the 100th anniversary of the Serbian flag raising at the White House.

A ceremony will be held on that occasion in Congres, and the representatives of the American Senate with the representatives of State Department will address the public, together with the PM Brnabic.

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The Bishop of the Diocese of East-America Irinej will open the ceremony, who will hold a prayer in the Congress, and the members of the Serbian-American community in the USA will be allowed to meet the representatives in the Congress.

A symposium at the National Press club is planed in Washington with the participation of several lecturers who will speak about the alliance of the American and Serbian people during the First World War, as well as the contribution of the Serbian army and the Serbian people.

The exhibition "Far away: 1918 - 2018" will be opened on July 26th.

The String Quartet of the School for Music Talents from Cuprija and the Serbian Singing Society "Lira" with the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Luka in Washington will hold a concert at Carnegie Institution for Science in that city.

The All-Orthodox liturgy is planned in order to mention the victims of the war in the Orthodox Catedral of St Nikola.

A reception will be held during the celebration where the attendance of high officials from both countries is expected, and the final event will be a gala dinner in the National Press Club in Washington.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Beta)