Musician from the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Band learning
about Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1950 visit to Finland.
U.S. Embassy Deputy Public Affairs Officer Ethan Tabor
highlighted several key moments of the U.S.-Finnish
diplomatic history.
sing on the origins in 1919 and many of
the exhibition’s images.
These included visits by Presidents
Ford, Bush, Clinton, and Trump, and
other special moments from the last
100 years such as Charles Lindbergh’s
visit in 1933, Gregory Peck’s in 1953,
Spike Lee’s in 2018, and others. He also
highlighted key moments from the
past few weeks, such as the United States
and Finland playing for gold in Espoo
and the embassy-sponsored visit of
world-renowned skateboarders Lizzie
Armanto (who represents Finland internationally)
and Ben Hatchell.
The “100 years of diplomatic relations”
exhibition will travel throughout
Finland this year. Stay tuned for details
and here’s to the next 100!
More information on the anniversary
year events at https://fi.usembassy.gov/
our-relationship/usfin100/.
One of the highlights was
a joint performance of the
“Säkkijärvenpolkka.”
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