Dominican Republic Flag Facts That Are Worth Knowing
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The Dominican Republic is a part of the Caribbean.
Every country is known to have a national flag of its own today. There is something unique about the Dominican Republic flag.
The Dominican Republic has been taken over and ruled many times in history and before reaching the final design of the national flag, it was known to have changed many times. However, there are many hidden facts and meanings behind the design and colors of this flag.
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Dominican Republic Flag History
Dominican Republic's national flag has changed over time. Initially, the French colonists established a small colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). The evolution of the first flag and judicial power started there.
When the Spanish ruled Santo Domingo years ago, now the capital of the Dominican Republic, the national flag was seen to be a cross on a white color background with a burgundy color. In 1795, when the French took over Santo Domingo, a new flag was adopted for it.
This time the flag was made up of three colors, blue, white, and vermilion red, in vertical rows.
However, in 1809, when the Spanish Empire rose to power, the flag was changed to what it was before, the burgundy flag with the cross. The Burgundy Cross represented the Spanish influence.
Again in 1821, Santo Domingo was known to have become the republic of Spanish Haiti which led to the development of the flag having a tricolor of yellow, ultramarine blue, and red with five stars in the blue part in a dome-shaped.
After Haitian rule, this Dominican flag also was changed after a year when Hispaniola took over Santo Domingo.
The newly designed flag was a horizontal strip of blue and red with a coat of arms at the center of it.
After all these events, the Dominican Republic was free from rulers and gained its independence in 1844. This time the flag changed to two horizontal stripes of blue and red with a white cross at the center.
At the center of the white cross, there was a coat of arms. Today, the Dominican Republic has a national flag with a Bible in the center. This is because the revolutionary people at that time wanted to highlight their Christian heritage.
Dominican Republic Flag Design Details
The unique Dominican Republic flag has blue and red stripes with a white cross in the middle and has two red rectangles and two blue.
The top left has is a blue rectangle and the bottom left corner is a red rectangle. Opposite to the top left is red and then blue, contributing to four rectangles on the civil flag.
The top and bottom row both have is blue and red rectangles. In the middle of the white stripe, there is the coat of arms in which the Bible is represented.
The Bible is what makes this country's flag so unique. No other country in the world has the Bible on its flag. However, this flag with the Bible is only used for official purposes.
The flag features were designed by Juan Pablo Duarte. The blue color in the flag means liberty, the red part in the flag means the blood of heroes, and the white part represents salvation. Both liberty and blood shed is honored in this flag.
People get confused between the two countries Dominica and the Dominican Republic. These two are two different countries with different national flags too. The national flag of Dominica was designed by Alwin Bully while Domitian Republic's was designed by Juan Pablo Duarte.
Dominican Republic Flag Symbols And Meaning
The flag of the Dominican Republic is made up of blue, red, and white colors and also the coat of arms, national anthem, and the Bible. The coat of arms symbolizes the free state nation, independence, and sovereignty of the country.
Dominican Republic flags, both past and present, are popular for their meaning. The present day national coat of arms has a shield with a flag pattern.
It has a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right), which is at the center of the cross. The laurel branch and the cross contribute to the uniqueness of this flag. The blue ribbon indicates the national motto Dios, Patria, Libertad, and the red ribbon is seen in the recent versions.
The blue represents God, Homeland, and Liberty. There are three spears, while two spears are holding the banner on each side.
Army Flags of Dominican Republic
The flag of the Dominican Republic army is something unique. The army flag of the Dominican Republic can be seen as a flag with blue and red on the top row. The blue part has the national coat of arms symbol.
The bottom row has a red rectangle and a tricolor of green, white, and red on the other side. In between these rectangular shapes, there is a white cross.
This country has different military flags for different military departments such as the navy, naval ensign, naval jack of Dominican navy, Dominican national police, Dominican civil defence, and also the military of Dominican Republic.
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