Flag of the Dominican Republic

The flag of the Dominican Republic is derived from the flag of the secret revolutionary society La Trinitaria. This 1838 by Juan Pablo Duarte formed and guided society, freed the Dominican Republic from the domination of Haiti.

Despite the war against the neighbor Duarte took the then- blue - red flag of Haiti as a model for his freedom flag, whose colors were in turn derived from the French tricolor.

  • Red symbolizes the blood of the people, which was shed in the struggle
  • Blue stands for the everlasting freedom
  • The white cross, in reference to the Trinitarian order, stands for the sacrifice of the population during the freedom struggle

Later this freedom flag was changed and received a continuous cross. On November 6, 1844 finally the blue and red rectangles has been replaced on the flying end and today's design officially defined. After a further phase of Spanish rule, the flag was restored on 14 September 1863.

The proportions of the flag are not specified, the details vary between 2:3, 5:8 and 15:23, so they are all at about 2:3

? Seekriegsflagge Aspect ratio 1:2

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? Historic flag to 1844

Trivia

The flag of the Saarland from 1947 to 1956 was also based on the French tricolor and showed strong similarities to the Historic flag until 1844.

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