Indian Tricolour Hoisted at Seattle’s Space Needle for 79th Independence Day — A First for Any Foreign Nation

The Indian tricolour was hoisted at Seattle’s 605-feet-tall Space Needle in honour of India’s 79th Independence Day celebrations. The Consulate General of India in Seattle, in a statement, said that this is the first time that a foreign nation’s flag was raised at a popular American destination. 
 
Consul General Prakash Gupta, along with Mayor of Seattle Bruce Harrell and other select dignitaries from the Seattle city leadership, attended the event. Built in 1962 for the World Fair, the Space Needle stands as a symbol of Seattle’s skyline and epitomizes the tech-driven future of the US Pacific Northwest region.