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The flag is officially defined by the Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994. [5] When it is being raised or lowered in public, people and vehicles must stop and remain stationary until the performance is complete. [6] Those who deface the flag or who wilfully insult it can be imprisoned for up to six months. [7]
Flag Date Use Description 1858-1873: Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa: A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star. [7] 1875-1886 1889-1900: Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa: A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton. 1886-1887: Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa
Map of the island The flag of Swains Island was described as "Old Glory [...] but superimposed on the blue field was a white dove" [4] [5] At the 2023 celebration marking the 98th anniversary of Swains Island being joined with America Samoa, the Swains Island flag was raised alongside the U.S. and American Samoan flags in Taulaga Village.
Flag of Samoa; List of Samoan flags This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 20:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa "God be the Foundation of Samoa" The coat of arms of Samoa takes its inspiration from the United Nations , as New Zealand administered Western Samoa first as a League of Nations Mandate and then as a United Nations trusteeship until the country received its independence on 1 January 1962, as Western Samoa.
Samoa, [note 1] officially the Independent State of Samoa [note 2] and known until 1997 as Western Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa i Sisifo), is an island country in Polynesia, consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, next week will become the highest-profile U.S. official to visit Samoa, as the Biden administration steps up its outreach to Pacific ...
The Banner of Freedom" (Samoan: "O Le Fuʻa o Le Saʻolotoga o Sāmoa" [o‿le fuʔa o‿le saʔolotoŋa o saːmoa]), known also as "Sāmoa Tulaʻi" ([saːmoa tulaʔi]; "Samoa, Arise") is the national anthem of Samoa. Both the words (which reference the country's flag) and the music were composed by Sauni