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Coat of arms of CRPR, representing an independent Republic of Puerto Rico, features, atop the motto Patria y Libertad (Homeland and Liberty), the flag of Puerto Rico, the island in front of a rising sun, the three red (blood of warriors) and two white (peace after independence) stripes of the flag, and the lion of the Spanish Kingdom being ...
Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: December 22, 1895; 129 years ago () by pro-independence members of the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico exiled in New York City; members identified colors as red, white, and blue but did not specify color shades; some historians have presumed members adopted light blue shade based on the light blue flag of the ...
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
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Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ... Flag of Puerto Rico. Flag ...
On Oct. 18 of that year, the U.S. took control of Puerto Rico and raised the American flag on the island — a decision with echoing consequences still felt 125 years later.
(Spanish for "Island of Enchantment") [5] Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre ( Tyrannus dominicensis ), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico.
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