Flag of Liberia
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| Use | National flag and ensign |
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| Proportion | 10:19 |
| Adopted | July 26, 1847 |
| Design | Eleven horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, a white star on a blue field |
The Liberian flag bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the freed American and ex-Caribbean slaves offspring and bloodline origins of the country.
The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the canton. It was adopted on July 26, 1847.
The eleven stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, red and white symbolizing courage and moral excellence. The white star represents the first independent western-styled republic in Africa, above the blue square representing the African continent. The Liberian flag is the only flag in the world to be modeled after and resemble the American flag because Liberia was the only nation in the world that was founded, colonized, established, and controlled by freed African-American and ex-Caribbean slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean islands with the help and support from the American Colonization Society, which was a private organization establishment that sent freed American and ex-Caribbean slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean islands. When the freed American slaves arrived in Liberia on January 7, 1822, they identified themselves as Americo-Liberian, in which to separate themselves from the native Liberians and other settlers. The Americo-Liberian were offspring and bloodline origins of black Americans from the United States. The Americo-Liberian wasn't the only ethnic group that came to Liberia; there were other ethnic groups that came with the Americo-Liberian, which were Native American, Afro-Caribbean, African-European, and white American.
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