The FIA said this year’s Independence Day celebrations will include the flag-hoisting ceremony at Times Square and the annual tradition of illuminating the Empire State Building in hues of the tricolor – orange, white and green.
A leading diaspora group in the US will host India’s National Flag at the Times Square this week, the first time the Indian tricolour will be unfurled at the iconic New York City destination.
The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said in a statement that it ‘will be creating history’ on August 15, 2020, by ‘hosting the first-ever flag hoisting ceremony at Times Square’ to commemorate India’s Independence Day.
“It will be the first time ever that India’s tricolour will be unfurled at the iconic venue in all its glory,” the organisation said, adding that Consul General of India in New York Randhir Jaiswal will be the Guest of Honour at the event.
