Sent: 7.11.2016
Received 04.01.2017
Travel time 58 days
Sender Valery.
The flag of the Dominican Republic represents the
Dominican Republic and, together with the coat of arms and the national anthem,
has the status of national symbol. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the
white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. The civil ensign
follows the same design, but without the charge in the center. The flag was
designed by Juan Pablo Duarte.
As described by Article 21 of the Dominican Constitution,
the flag features a centered white cross that extends to the edges and divides
the flag into four rectangles; the top ones are blue (hoist side) and red, and
the bottom ones are red (hoist side) and blue. The national coat of arms,
featuring a shield with the flag design and supported by a bay laurel branch
(left) and a palm frond (right), is at the center of the cross. Above the
shield, a blue ribbon displays the national motto Dios, Patria, Libertad
(English: God, Fatherland, Liberty). Below the shield, the words República
Dominicana appear on a red ribbon (this red ribbon is depicted in more recent
versions as having its tips pointing upward). In the center of the shield,
flanked by three spears (two of them holding Dominican banners) on each side,
is a Bible with a small cross above it and said to be opened to the Gospel of
John, chapter 8, verse 32, which reads Y la verdad os hará libres (And the
truth shall make you free)
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