{"id":122554,"date":"2026-07-04T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/122554\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:24:14","slug":"berlin-honours-us-250th-with-red-white-and-blue-brandenburg-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/122554\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin honours US 250th with red, white and blue Brandenburg Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin&#8217;s most famous landmark, was illuminated in the red, white and blue of the US flag on Saturday evening to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lighting display began at sunset and was to continue until midnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;As a symbol of unity and freedom, the Brandenburg Gate powerfully reflects our shared values on July 4,&#8221; Berlin mayor Kai Wegner said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Berlin warmly congratulates the United States on its 250th birthday,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said the anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence was a cause for celebration for Europe, Germany and especially Berlin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The values enshrined in the Declaration of Independence formed the foundation of free and democratic post-war Germany,&#8221; Wadephul said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July 4 is celebrated in the United States as Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Representatives of the 13 American colonies formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, severing ties with Britain and marking the birth of the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin&#8217;s most famous landmark, was illuminated in the red, white and blue of the US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[60431,34729,112,3899,190,11302,10855,60432],"class_list":["post-122554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-american-declaration-of-independence","tag-american-independence","tag-berlin","tag-brandenburg-gate","tag-germany","tag-johann-wadephul","tag-red","tag-white-and-blue"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116863819118341841","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}