Cuban Embassy and Sidewalk

: One man pounded out beats on a conga drum, according to Brandon Sun. A woman approached people on the sidewalk, handing out chicken empanadas. A crowd gathered on a sidewalk under a scorching sun. They were celebrating the historic event transpiring in front of an elegant old building: the reopening of a Cuban Embassy in the United States after 54 years, with the hoisting of the lone-star flag above the property. Monday events came seven months after the stunning announcement that the U.S. and Cuba would work to normalize relations, following secret negotiations mostly conducted in Canada. A similar scene was playing out in Havana — though the raising of the stars-and-stripes won't happen there until Secretary of State John Kerry visits next month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.