The flag of Dominican Republic

The national flag of the Dominican Republic is one of the main patriotic
symbols of the Dominicans.

Created during the Independence age, is comes from the idea of the Dominican
liberal politician Juan Pablo Duarte and was designed by Concepción
Bona and María Trinidad Sánchez; being flown for the first time in 1844 by the
hand of the Dominican activist Francisco del Rosario Sánchez.

The flag is made by a huge white cross in the center which divides the insignia in
four rectangles, outstanding in the center of the crosshead the coat of arms of
the Dominican Republic.

Regarding the upper rectangles, the left one, placed beside the shaft, it dyed in
ultramarine, while the right one is vermillion red. The inferior ones are opposed,
being the red one on the side of the shaft and the blue one the right rectangle.

The colours used in the flag have a relevant meaning for the Dominicans. The
red symbolizes the blood spilled by the fighters in the war of independence; the
blue represents the sky raised above the country and from where God protects
the nation and its ideas of progress while the white symbolizes the peace and
union of the Dominicans.

An alternative theory considers the blue as an expression of the fight of the

liberators to reach a free nation for future generations, while the white colour
means the care of the nation by God.

I am very proud to be Dominican.