UNITED STATES CELEBRATES 242ND INDEPENDENCE DAY

The U.S. Embassy in Singapore celebrated America’s Independence Day at Gardens by the Bay on July 4. The event opened with the U.S. Marine Corps Colour Guard ceremony and remarks by Charge d’Affaires ad interim Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, and Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Defence and for Foreign Affairs, Mohamad Maliki Osman. The worldrenowned Philadelphia Boys Choir sang the US and Singapore national anthems.

01 Justin Che & Nura Liza Osman 02 Dan Murphy, Jonathan Collard & Nick Kay 03 Jeremy Ward & Jennifer Ward 04 Jessica Tan; Mohamad Maliki Osman, Senior Minister of State for Defence & Foreign Affairs; Jeffrey R. Smith; Charge d’Affaires ad interim Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath; and Teo Ser Luck 05 Ser Lim & Irene Lim 06 Rosa Damico & HE Flavio S. Damico, Ambassador for Brazil