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When the Serbian Flag Flew Over the White House. By U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. 4 MINUTE READ. July 28, 2020. On this day (July 28th) in 1918, upon the advice of his good friend Mihajlo Pupin, President Woodrow Wilson gave the order to fly the flag of Serbia over the White House.
The United States of America officially celebrated July 28, 1918 as “Serbia Day.”
The Ottoman sultan officially recognized the Serbian flag in 1835 and also in 1869; the country became independent in 1878. In 1882 Serbia established a state flag consisting of the red-blue-white tricolour with the royal Serbian coat of arms.
On July 28th in 1918, President Woodrow Wilson gave the order to fly the flag of Serbia over the White House to reflect the solidarity of Americans with the Serbian people during World War I. When the Serbian Flag Flew Over the White House during WWI. By U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. via the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia web site.
Jun 21, 2016 · On July 28th 1918, the 4th anniversary of the beginning of World War I, Serbian flag flew above the White House and all public buildings in American capital by the order of President Woodrow Wilson.
Serbia used the red, blue and white tricolor as a national flag continuously from 1835 until 1918, when Serbia ceased to be a sovereign state after it joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia, the tricolor was a used as a Serbian civil flag, from 1918 to 1945.
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On February 3, 1882, the Serbian Parliament adopted a contract and Convention of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Serbia and the United States, given by King Milan Obrenović. The United States Senate adopted both documents on July 5, 1882 without debate or amendments.
