nPostednon August 24, 2015
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nThenLiberian flag tells us something important – that Liberia has somenconnection to America. You can see how like the U.S. flag it is:
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nMostnAfrican nations were colonized by European nations, and some werenbandied about a bit from one European nation to another. But onlynLiberia started as an American colony.
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nDon’tnget me wrong; Liberia was never an official colony of the UnitednStates. But a private organization, the American ColonizationnSociety, started Liberia as a place in Africa for free-born blacksnand previously enslaved people. n
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| This map shows where Liberia (colored blue) is located on the coast of Western Africa. |
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nInn1822 the first ships traveled from the Americas back to WesternnAfrica with volunteers to establish the colony. Eventually, more thann13,000 Americans settled in Liberia. A few other colonies werenestablished, called things such as Mississippi-in-Africa and thenRepublic of Maryland, but Liberia annexed them. In 1847, Liberiandeclared its independence.
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nOfncourse there were people living in Liberia who had never lived innAmerica, but the leaders of the new nation were then“Americo-Liberians,” as they called themselves. They patternedntheir new constitution on the U.S. Constitution; they modeled theirnhomes and fashions on those of Southern U.S. slaveowners; and they based their flag on the U.S. flag.
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Inread that the Liberian flag has 11 stripes to represent the 11nsigners of the Liberian Declaration of Independence. Red stands forncourage, white stands for purity, and the blue field represents thencontinent of Africa. The single white star represents freedom; thenname Liberia means “Land of the Free.”
Inread that the Liberian flag has 11 stripes to represent the 11nsigners of the Liberian Declaration of Independence. Red stands forncourage, white stands for purity, and the blue field represents thencontinent of Africa. The single white star represents freedom; thenname Liberia means “Land of the Free.”n
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nToday,non flag day, children are taught about their country’s history andnflag, and they are given small flags to hold during a parade.
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nFornmore about Liberia, check out this earlier post.
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nHere are two photos of Liberia:
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nActressnMarlee Matlin’s birthday
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nPlutonDemoted Day
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IndependencenDay in the Ukraine
IndependencenDay in the Ukrainen
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nAnniversarynof the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
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