What is the history of Peru's flag?
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OK... there's the story that Don Jose de San Martin (Argentinian, who fought during the process of liberation from the Spanish colony) was going through some desert (dunes of Paracas, south of Lima) he was resting and had a dream about flamingos flying over him... of course we have flamingos in that area, so might have not being a dream... they say the red and white come from the color of the flamingos.\n\nNow... people also say that in fact the colors are red white red to remember the blood that was spilled fighting for our freedom (the white is the peace after liberation).\n\nWe have had through time different flags, but all of them red and white, only on different designs.\n\nInside of the flag you can see also our coat of arms, with the figure of a lama, a quinine tree and the cornucopia... to symbolize the richness of the three elements in our land, animal, vegetable (SP) and mineral.
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Officially, the meanings of the colors on the flag are as follows:\n\nGreen: the agriculture and rural areas of Zimbabwe \nYellow: the wealth of minerals in the country \nRed: the blood shed during the war of the liberation \nBlack: the heritage and ethnicity of the native Africans of Zimbabwe \nWhite: peace
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Yes they do and have had such for a very long time.  Keep in mind that Peru has been a member of the United Nations sine 1949 and the United States has had good relations with Peru before that date.
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Ohio is the only one of the 50 states to use a nonrectangular flag. Its designer, John Eisenmann, may have been inspired by the swallow-tailed shape of a guidon that was carried by the U.S. cavalry. The flag was to be flown from the Ohio building at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901, a circumstance that may also have contributed to its unusual shape.
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25th August 1825\nThe independence was from both the "United Provinces of the South" (that was becoming the republic of Argentina) and the Empire of Brazil (occupying the territory).\n\nThis was because both big nations wanted this stripe of land in their territories because of its strategic value.\n\nEngland cut into the discussion and between local authorities (segregationists), Buenos Aires, Brazil and England created a new country which was "independent" since 25th August 1825 (not so much because for 10 years both argentina and brazil could mess with internal affairs, England had de rights of navigation of all fluvial waters with no exception).\n\nRegarding leadership, the "freedom crusade" (cruzada libertadora) was a movement lead by a group called the 33 orientals (oriental is the name of the people of uruguay, because its east of the river uruguay), the 33 orientals were not only 33, but were freemasons, thats why the symbolic number. The leader of the group was Juan Antonio Lavalleja.\n\nIn the 18th of July of 1830 the first constitution of the country was sworn. The two traditional political parties of te country were already established, today they are still working, making the colorado and national party the eldest political parties in the world.
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"According to Ancient and Heraldic traditions much symbolism is associated with colors. The colors on the El Salvador flag represent the following:\n\nWhite - peace and honesty \n\nBlue - the sea and the sky  - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice.\n\nThe Meaning & History of the El Salvador Flag - The El Salvador Coat of Arms emblem depicts\n\nThe five flags five fraternal Central American countries  - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica \n\n14 laurel leaves the number of States \n\nThe phrygian cap of liberty \n\n5 volcanos represent the five nations in the Central American isthmus ( isthmus - a narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land ) \n\nThe two oceans - Pacific & Atlantic \n\nEquilateral triangle representing the equality of individuals \n\nRainbow representing Hope \n\nThe knot represents Unity  \n\nThe flag of El Salvador was adopted on September 27, 1972"
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I don't know which flag you are asking about, but if any flag has to fly, that should be a USA flag. It was in USA when, 2 centuries ago, workers went on national strike because they were made to work over 12 hours a day. They demanded to work at least 8 hours a day. Many people had to die during that strike, fired at by policemen, before their demand was granted. So, that strike was supported by many people from all over the world, which is the reason why today May 01 is Workers Holiday all over the world.
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I think questions about the flag and it's history, important dates in the history, past presidents.
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well it's a long story. It starts with the independence process of latinoamerian countries. Originally, Bolivia used to belong to the peruvian "virreynato", but it was severed by Bolivar wishes. Since then, Peru didn' have any borderline with Chile, while Bolivia did. Time after there was a saltpeter boom worldwide. Saltpeter was used for agriculture. Bolivia had saltpeter and so did Peru, but not Chile. Then started the 1879 war. Chilean historicians say that the war started for other reasons, but peruvian an bolivean say that the reason was the saltpeter.\n\nPeru and Bolivia had a treaty: In case of being attacked any of those, the other would militarly help the other country. It was a terrible war. Bolivia was defeated and abandoned the war and lost all it's coast (that's why Bolivia does not have a sea). But the war still went on and Peru stood alone fighting. Peru was inferior militarly speaking and lost the war and land too. Chilean soldiers conquered Lima and started to destroy the cities they conquered. It was painful for peruvian people, for both losing land and having the cities raped.
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There are 13 stripes on the US flag, representing the original 13 colonies.\n\nHere's a link to a full explanation of the colors and construction of the US flag...
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See this site you will find the history\n\n\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
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the dutch flag is red, white and blue - just like the US flag.\n\nThere was actually a city named Orange which was/became a house of royalty.
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/flags/asia.shtml\n\nBtw, why are you asking this here? Shouldn't you be asking it in the geography category?
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The number five refers to the five continents. He chose six colors (white, red, yellow, green, blue and black) because each flag of the countries that were part of the Olympic movement contain at least one of those colors. The Paris Congress in 1914 was so taken with the design that they adopted it as the official flag of the Olympic movement. The new flag made its debut at the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium. It was here that the rings became the official Olympic symbol.\n\n The Olympic flag measures 2.06 m long, 60 cm high and is completely white with five circles in the center. The top three circles, from left to right, are blue, black and red. The bottom two circles, from left to right, are yellow and green. The white background symbolizes peace and truth. The five rings represent the five continents of the world, but a prevalent post-facto interpretation has tied specific colors to specific continents:\nOlympic Flag\n\n• Blue representing Europe\n• Black representing Africa\n• Red representing America\n• Yellow representing Asia\n• Green representing Australia (Oceania):-)
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Try the FIFA official site. It tells you all about its history.\nhttp://www.fifa.com/en/history/history/0,1283,4,00.html
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Jesuits were generally expelled in the 19th century from Latin American missions.\n\nAs to what year was the discovery and conquest of America, this is a really poor question.  It is true that Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but the conquest took a lot longer than that.  As to the discovery, there are a lot of historical arguments that show that the Old World had met the New World on many occasions prior to Columbus.\n\nWhen were the independent wars against Spain? Well, again this depends on the country, but most were in the first 50 years of the 19th century.\n\nWhat century did the first democracies start to arise? Are you talking about democracy as we know it today, or are you talking about the roots of it in Greece?  Democracy is a conglomeration of a lot of political ideas from many countries and it comes in a lot of forms.  So it's very hard to say when it arose unless you are more specific.  Some argue that the US, in 1776, was the first "democracy."\n\nWhen did the indigenous people live in America? Well, that would be about 15,000 BC until the present.  But the 15,000 BC date is quite obscure and there are a lot of arguments for dates before and after that.
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as an historian, i can tell you whoever thinks it stands for slavery, hatred, the like are very misinformed. if that is true then the US Flag stands for the same thing, as slavery was not outlawed until 1863 with the E.P. Either way, I see it as a symbol of Southern Heritage, just like any other flag that symbolizes an era. It also did not just end with the Civil War, it is a symbol that still stands today. Sure some people that have one are racist, but there are just as many racists who have US Flags. \n\nBefore making comments like that, please learn your history about what it stands for and means.