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Grenada; Use: National flag: Proportion: 3:5: Adopted: 7 February 1974; 50 years ago (): Design: A rectangle divided diagonally into two yellow triangles at the top and bottom and two green triangles at the hoist and fly, surrounded by a red border charged with six five pointed yellow stars, another five-pointed yellow star on a red disc at the centre, and a nutmeg at the hoist.
The flag is a vertical bicolour green-white-green design, with the green to represent agriculture and white to represent peace and unity. The flag was raised for the first time in a ceremony by Lieutenant David Ejoor of the Army Guard.
The national flag of Pakistan, also known as the Flag of the Star and Crescent (Urdu: پرچمِ ستارہ و ہلال), is made up of a green field with a stylized tilted white crescent moon and five-pointed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at its hoist-end. Though the specific shade of green on the flag is mandated only as ...
Hostilities broke out between the Philippines and the United States in 1899. The flag was first flown with the red field up on February 4, 1899, to show that a state of war existed. Aguinaldo was captured by the Americans two years later, and swore allegiance to the United States.
The flag of the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: علم دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white, and black. It was designed in 1971 by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah, who was 19 years old at that time, and was adopted on 2 December 1971 after winning a nationwide flag design contest.
Later, a black and white striped hoist called the Dhandimathi (Dhivehi: ދަނޑިމަތި) was added to the flag. [1] [2] This version of the flag was used until early in the 20th century when Abdul Majeed Didi added a crescent to the national flag. At the same time, a distinct state flag was made, which had the crescent on a green rectangle.
Republic of Kenya; Use: National flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 12 December 1963; 60 years ago (): Design: A horizontal tricolour of black, white-edged red, and green with two crossed white spears behind a red, white, and black Maasai shield
National flag and ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 1 May 1983; 41 years ago () Design: A horizontal tricolour of green, black, and gold with white fimbriations and a red isosceles triangle at the hoist. The triangle is charged with a five-pointed gold star which has above it an AK-47 crossed by a hoe, superimposed on an open book. Designed by