[Maris Crane]

France, first to recognize America as a Country.

And Joe, just couldn’t STHU.

[Repeat Offender]

France was the second country to recognize the USA as an independent nation.

Morocco was the first country to recognize the USA and opened their ports to our ships within a year of our Declaration of Independence.....we have our longest unbroken treaty with Morocco, which also hosts our oldest diplomatic building and only U.S. National Historic Landmark located outside the United States.