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The national flag of Cuba (Bandera nacional de Cuba) consists of five alternating stripes (three navy blue and two white) and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902. The flag is referred to as the Estrella Solitaria, or the Lone Star flag. [1]
The Tocororo, or Cuban Trogon, is a forest-dwelling bird species endemic to Cuba, with a colorful plumage featuring a green back, a blue crest, a red belly and beak, and a white throat and chest. [9] When seen from the front, these colors mimic those found on the Cuban flag, which is why it was chosen as the national bird of the country.
Standard of the prime minister of Cuba: 1898-1902 1906–1909: Flag of United States Military Government in Cuba: 1960: The flag of Brigade 2506; a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles formed in 1960 to attempt the military overthrow of the Cuban government headed by Fidel Castro. [19] [20] 1933: Flag of the Cuban Revolution of 1933 [21]
Raising the Cuban flag on the Governor General's Palace at noon on 20 May 1902. After the Spanish–American War, Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris (1898), by which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam to the United States for the sum of US$20 million [71] and Cuba became a protectorate of the United States.
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
Each color, pattern, and design has its own specific meaning: for instance, the Philly Pride flag has two extra stripes, one black and one brown, to highlight people of color in the LGBTQ+ community.
The adoption of the Cuban flag with inverted colors as the new revolutionary flag of Puerto Rico symbolized the strong bonds existing between Cuban and Puerto Rican revolutionaries, and the united independence struggles of Cuba and Puerto Rico as the last two remaining territories of Spain’s once extensive American empire since 1825. [10] [11]
Raising the Cuban flag on the Governor General's Palace at noon on 20 May 1902. After the Spanish–American War, Spain and the United States signed the 1898 Treaty of Paris, by which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States for the sum of $20 million (equivalent to $730 million in 2023). [10]