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In solidarity

For the first time in the history of the United States, a foreign flag flew over the US State Department building in Washington DC. Blogger Robert Mayer at Publius Pundit has the story and the picture.

Police officers raise a British flag in front of the State Department in Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 7, 2005, in remembrance of those killed in the London bombings. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

It was the first time a foreign flag has been raised at the State Department.

MORE: Pejman Yousefzadeh notes that after September 11, Queen Elizabeth ordered her personal guards to play The Star Spangled Banner instead of God Save The Queen. As he says, "class engenders class."

Posted by DaveH at July 7, 2005 9:57 PM