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The flag of Dominica, along with other national symbols, was the focus of a government-sponsored "Emblems Week" in 2016. An initiative of the independence committee, Emblems Week is aimed at reflecting on the meaning of the national emblems, and promoting their use among members of the general public and particularly among the country's schools.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493, when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact, Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak. Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978. It became an ...
Flag of Dominica; Flags of North America; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; Legal Education Certificate; List of Commonwealth visits made by Elizabeth II; List of first association football internationals per country: 1962–present; List of sovereign states in the 1960s; List of sovereign states in the 1970s
It is the island's national bird and is featured on the national flag, making Dominica one of only two sovereign nations whose official flag features the color purple. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The country is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations , the United Nations , the Organization of American States , the Organisation internationale de la ...
Dominica at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games; Dominica national football team; Flag of Dominica; Flag of the West Indies Federation; Flags of North America; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; Legislative council; List of countries by population in 1900; List of sovereign states in the 1960s
Flag of Dominica; Flags of North America; List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government; List of flags containing the color purple; List of heads of state and government who have been in exile; List of sovereign states in the 1970s; List of sovereign states in the 1980s; List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951 ...
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