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The coat of arms of the Dominican Republic features a shield in similarly quartered colors as the flag, supported by a bay laurel branch (left) and a palm frond (right); above the shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Homeland, Liberty).
Version with aspect ratio 5:8 Coat of arms of the Dominican Republic DR flag flying. The national flag of the Dominican Republic is one of the official national symbols of the nation, along with the coat of arms and the national anthem. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. [1]
The Dominican Restoration War or the Dominican War of Restoration (Spanish: Guerra de la Restauración), called War of Santo Domingo in Spain (Guerra de Santo Domingo), [2] was a guerrilla war between 1863 and 1865 in the Dominican Republic between Dominican nationalists and Spain, the latter of which had recolonized the country 17 years after its independence.
Flag of the Dominican War of Independence: It was developed from the flag of Haiti and was added a white symmetric cross. 1849–1861: Flag of the First Dominican Republic: A crossed two-colored flag with the country's coat of arms in the center 1905–1908: Flag of The United States
After Trujillo's assassination in 1961, the government changed the name of the monument to "Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración" (Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration). It is now dedicated to the heroes of the Dominican Restoration War, [2] fought from 1863 to 1865 against Dominican Loyalist and Spanish forces.
The main gathering point of the idealists was San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. From the ideal of the (Antillean Confederation) another idea was born in the 1900s by José de Diego, The Antillean Union. Strong supporters of this idea: Eugenio María de Hostos, [1] also known as The Citizen of the Americas
The Battle of Arroyo Bermejo (also known as the Combat of Arroyo Bermejo or Action of Arroyo Bermejo) was a military confrontation that took place on September 29, 1863, occurring in the Bermejo River in Don Juan, town of Monte Plata, within the framework of the Dominican Restoration War during the reign of Isabel II of Spain, where the Spanish royal army, led by Lieutenant General Pedro ...
1998 (changes to coat of arms) Dominican Republic: 1908 [9] 1844: 1908 Portugal: 1911: 1910: 1910 Albania: 1912: 1444 [10] 22 July 2002 (colours standardized) El Salvador: 17 May 1912: 1822 (as provincial flag within Federal Republic of Central America) 17 May 1912 (colours specified, and replaced with its own coat of arms) Morocco: 1915: 1915