January 20, 2009 was the opening date for the new U.S. Embassy building just completed. Pictured here are some images from the ceremony. The Stars and Stripes fly again over our Embassy for the first time since June 18, 1997, when they were lowered after our Embassy was taken over during a civil war here. The Embassy has been operating from rented space in a bank building and out of Embassy Kinshasa during the interim. Ambassador Eastham here addresses the guests after U.S. Marines from the detachment in Kinshasa raised the flag. Below Al stands with Mr. Karamoula, longest-serving Congolese employee at the Embassy. The building was completed in less than two years under the direction of the State Department's Overseas Buildings Operations and construction company B.L. Harbert of Alabama.
The spokesman for the Congolese government was the Foreign Minister.
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