Flag of Haiti
Flag ratio: 3:5
Civil flag. Flag ratio: 3:5
The flag of Haiti was adopted on February 25, 1986. The civil flag lacks the emblem.
The red and blue flag is said to have been first created during the country's revolution against the French; the rebels removed the white stripe from the French tricolore and used that as their flag, only with the stripes flown horizontally instead of vertically, as in the French flag.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, it was found that Haiti and Liechtenstein were using the same flag, which led to a crown being added to the Flag of Liechtenstein.
From May 25 1964 to February 25 1986, during the family dictatorship of Francois and Jean-Claude Duvalier, the country had a different flag, in red and black, and divided vertically, not horizontally.
External links
- The Louverture Project: Flag of Haiti
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