Flag of Haiti
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[[Image:Flag of Haiti.svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Image:FIAV 011011.svg|23px]] Flag ratio: 3:5]]
[[Image:Flag of Haiti (civil).svg|thumb|right|250px|[[Image:FIAV 100100.svg|23px]] Civil flag. Flag ratio: 3:5]]
[[Image:Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg|thumb|right|250px|Haiti flag, 1964–1986.]]
[[Image:Civil Flag of Haiti 1964.png|thumb|right|250px|Flag of the [[Empire of Haiti]]]]
[[Image:Kingdom of Haiti flag (1811).gif|thumb|right|250px|Flag of the [[Kingdom of Haiti]]]]
The '''[[flag]] of [[Haiti]]''' was adopted on [[February 25]], [[1986]]. The flag is divided into two [[rectangles]] going across horizontally. The top half is [[blue]] and the bottom is [[red]]. Since 1843 the flag for official and state use has had the [[coat of arms of Haiti]] on a white panel in the center. The coat of arms depicts a trophy of weapons ready to defend freedom, and a royal palm for independence. The palm is topped by the Cap of Liberty. The national motto is on a white scroll reading ''L'Union Fait La Force'' ("Unity Makes Strength"). The [[civil flag|civil flag and ensign]] lacks the emblem.
The blue and red of the flag were retained after a French ''[[Flag of France|Tricolore]]'' was torn up by the revolutionary [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] in 1803. The two parts were stitched together horizontally to make a new flag.
At the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, it was found that Haiti and Liechtenstein were using the same flag, which led to a crown's being added to the [[flag of Liechtenstein]].
A rival flag of vertical black and red panels was used at various times, most recently in the period from [[May 25]] [[1964]] to [[February 25]] [[1986]], during the [[family dictatorship]] of [[François Duvalier|François]] and [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]].
==See also==
*[[Gallery of bicolor flags]]
*[[Gallery of flags by design#Flag|Gallery of flags by design: Flag]]
*[[Gallery of flags with weapons]]
==External links==
* The Louverture Project: [http://thelouvertureproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Flag_of_Haiti Flag of Haiti]
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