VENEZUELAN FLAG DAY
Flag History:
The
Venezuelan flag was adopted on February 19, 1954. Venezuela declared
independence from Spain on July 5, 1811. After gaining independence the former
Spanish colonies of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela formed a federation
of states called Greater Colombia. This union used a horizontal striped flag
(yellow, blue and red) based on a flag flown at the turn of the 19th century by
Central American independence fighters. The current flags of Colombia, Ecuador
and Venezuela are based on this flag. In 1829, Venezuela left the federation
and adopted a yellow, blue, red horizontal flag. The basic design has remained
the same with a few modifications. The last modification to the Venezuelan flag
occurred in 1954, when the coat of arms was added.
Venezuelan Flag Description:
The
Venezuelan flag is based on one flown by independence fighters fighting against
Spanish colonial rule. At that time the yellow represented the gold of the
Americas, blue stood for the Atlantic Ocean which separated the new Americas
from the bloody old world of Europe and Spain which is signified by red. A
modern but similar meaning behind the Venezuelan flag states that Venezuela's
flag is a yellow, blue, and red horizontal tricolor with eight white stars in a
semicircle in the center and the coat of arms on the yellow stripe on the hoist
side. The Venezuelan independence leader Francisco de Miranda designed the
basic tricolor flag in 1806. Seven stars were added in 1836; they represent the
seven provinces that supported Venezuela's independence in 1830. The
original provinces
are
Caracas, Cumana, Barinas, Barcelona, Margarita, Mérida and Trujillo. The eighth star, the
"Bolívar Star," was added in 2006 to honor Simón Bolívar. The red in
the flag represents courage and the blue represents Venezuela's independence
from Spain. In the top left hand corner of the Venezuelan flag is the country's
coat of arms.
The
current version of this flag was adopted on March 12, 2006. The flag has a
height-to-width ratio of 2:3.
Interesting Venezuelan Flag Facts:
There are many Venezuelan
flags that do not have the coat of arms on them; this is the country's civil
flag.
Venezuela's Flag Questions
After reading the above information give complete
answers to the following questions.
1. How many stars are pictured on current the
Venezuelan flag?
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2. What do these stars represent?
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3. From which country did Venezuela become
independent?
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4. Is this flag a horizontal tricolor or a vertical
tricolor?
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5. When was this flag adopted?
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6. What does the yellow stripe represent?
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7. What does the blue stripe color represent?
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8. What does the red stripe represent?
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11. Which were the original 1st seven provinces
represented in stars?
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12. When and
who designed the basic tricolor flag?
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13. When
was the current version of this flag adopted?
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14. What countries’ flags
are based on the horizontal striped (yellow, blue and red) flag?
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