Morocco and the United States – an Historic Connection
Morocco was as the first country in the world to recognise the United States after its war of independence with Britain. And Morocco then became the site of the first American representative office in foreign lands.
It was located in Tangier and the American Legation as it’s known , founded in 1821, is still in the city today.
The site has become a museum charting the history of the connection between the two nations particularly during and after World War 2 when Allied war leaders including Churchill and Eisenhower met here to plan the counter offensives against Nazi Germany .
The Legation building functioned as a spying station during the dark days of Nazi occupation of large parts of North Africa.
Exhibits feature a reconstructed coding station , newspaper headlines from the war years. photos and correspondence between American Presidents and Moroccan leaders and works of artworks on Tangier’s colonial history.
Destination – Morocco
