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In 1920, in a text of the proclamation of the State of Greater Lebanon, it was said: "[a]n evergreen cedar is like a young nation despite a cruel past. Although oppressed, never conquered, the cedar is its rallying. By the union, it will break all attacks". [5] The white color on the flag represents the snow as a symbol of purity and peace.
The national symbols of Lebanon are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Lebanon and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]
Flag Date Use Description 2005 – 2016: Flag of the March 14 Alliance: A red field with a white fist holding a laurel in the center. 1890 – today: Flag of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon: A red field with the emblem in the center. 1936 – today: Flag of the Kataeb Party: A ehite field with the tree emblem in the center ...
Flag Duration Use Description 1917–1920: Flag of the Arab Revolt: 1958: Flag of the Arab Federation: 1958–1972, 1980–2024: Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Syrian Arab Republic: 1972–2002: Flag of the State of Bahrain: 1924–1958: Flag of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq: 1963–1991: Flag of the Iraqi Republic. Flag_of_Iraq_ 1991 ...
The four colors also derived their potency from a verse by 14th century Arab poet Safi al-Din al-Hilli: "White are our acts, black our battles, green our fields, and red our swords." [10] Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11]
These colors are also reflected in the Pan-African flag (black, red, and green) and the Ethiopian flag (green, gold, and red), which both have uplifting backgrounds that highlight the resilience ...
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
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