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This is a list of official symbols of Puerto Rico. Symbol or Emblem. Type Symbol Date Image Flag: Flag of Puerto Rico: 1952 [1] Seal: Seal of Puerto Rico: 1976 [1]
Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: December 22, 1895; 129 years ago () by pro-independence members of the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico exiled in New York City; members identified colors as red, white, and blue but did not specify color shades; some historians have presumed members adopted light blue shade based on the light blue flag of the ...
The coat of arms of Puerto Rico was first granted by the Spanish Crown on November 8, 1511, making it the oldest heraldic achievement in use in the Americas. [1] The territory was seized from Spain and ceded to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Paris that put an end to the Spanish–American War in 1899, after which two interim arms were adopted briefly.
Pages in category "National symbols of Puerto Rico" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In 1995, the commonwealth government of Puerto Rico issued a regulation regarding the use of the flag, Reglamento sobre el Uso en Puerto Rico de la Bandera del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Regulation on the Use in Puerto Rico of the Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in which it once again identified the flag as having “red ...
Puerto Rican heraldry has no precise rules, because its evolution has been according to the ideas and prevailing customs of every time of its history. The Coat of Arms was granted by Ferdinand II of Aragon to the island of San Juan.
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El Yunque is also the object of Puerto Rican folklore and pop culture. Along with the coqui and the Puerto Rican parrot, El Yunque is considered a symbol of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. Along with the former two, it was chosen to be Puerto Rico's entry in the America the Beautiful Quarters program.