NATO Celebrates 75 Years Of Collective Defense Across Europe And North America

NATO is celebrating 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America today.

At a cake-cutting ceremony in Brussels, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts will mark the moment the alliance’s founding treaty was signed on April 4, 1949, in Washington. A bigger celebration is planned when NATO leaders meet in Washington from July 9 to 11.

The alliance’s ranks have almost tripled over more than seven decades from its 12 founding members.