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A blue and white horizontal triband with the coat of arms of Central America in the center. Central America was a unified nation at several points throughout its history, and while united, the country has used several national flags. The design of the Central American flag, a blue and white horizontal triband, was inspired by the flag of ...
The 15 September council meeting at which independence was finally declared was chaired by Gabino Gaínza, [6] and the text of the Act itself was written by Honduran intellectual and politician José Cecilio del Valle [7] and signed by representatives of the various Central American provinces, including José Matías Delgado, José Lorenzo de ...
In 1821 a congress of Central American Criollos in Guatemala City composed the Act of Independence of Central America to declare the region's independence from Spain, effective on 15 September of that year. [3] That date is still marked as independence day by most Central American nations.
September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the commemoration because it is the anniversary of the Cry of Dolores (early morning, 16 September 1810), which marked the start of the Mexican War of Independence and thus resulted (in 1821) in independence for the New Spain Colony (now Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, El ...
The Federal Republic of Central America flag was used in Guatemala until 1851, when a pro-Spanish faction took over and added the Spanish colors of red and yellow to the flag. The original colors were restored on 17 August 1871, but as vertical (rather than horizontal) stripes in order to distinguish it from other flags and with a new coat of arms.
In 1821, El Salvador achieved independence from Spain as part of the First Mexican Empire, only to further secede as part of the Federal Republic of Central America two years later. Upon the republic's independence in 1841, El Salvador became a sovereign state until forming a short-lived union with Honduras and Nicaragua called the Greater ...
Independence Day: 15 August: 1960 France Costa Rica: Independence Day: 15 September: 1821 Spanish Empire: Act of Independence of Central America. [citation needed] Croatia: National Day: 30 May [41] 1990 [42] Yugoslavia: First session of the Croatian Parliament following the 1990 Croatian parliamentary election.
The nationally recognized independence day in Costa Rica is September 15, the anniversary of the day Central America declared independence from Spain in 1821. However Costa Rican independence has become synonymous with Juan Santamaría, the Second Battle of Rivas and the Filibuster War, because this was the only time the country fought to ...