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The national flag of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vėliava) consists of a horizontal tricolour of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (1918–1940), which ceased with the occupation first by the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941–1944).
Flag Date Use Description 2004–present: National flag and civil ensign: Current version adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5 2004–present: State flag (historical) The flag displays the national emblem in a banner form, flag was adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5
The flag was officially designated in 1918, and was re-instituted in 1988. Yellow represents the sun, light, and goodness, green symbolizes the beauty of nature, freedom, and hope, and red stands for the land, courage, and the blood spilled for Lithuania. The colors of the flag also appear in clothing, URLs [dubious – discuss], and team uniforms.
Such a flag was unanimously approved by the Council of Lithuania on April 25, 1918 and decided to raise it in Vilnius, on the tower of the Gediminas Castle, after receiving the permission of the German occupation administration.
Color shades variant 2, this is the color shades version most commonly used on Wikipedia as Flag of Lithuania (almost identical to the flag of Myanmar, exccept for the lack of white star). Historical flags
using colors from Flag_of_Lithuania.svg: 00:30, 21 March 2006: 450 × 300 (2 KB) Conti: I created the image from Image:Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.png National flag of Lithuania from 1918 to 1940 - ratio 2:3 {{PD-LithuaniaGov}} Category:Flags of Lithuania
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