Sent 28.08.2017
Received 02.10.2017
Travel time 35 days
Sent by me via a colleague, in August 2017.
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Wiki:
The national flag of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas karogs) was
used by independent Latvia from 1918 until the country was occupied by the
Soviet Union in 1940. Its use was suppressed during Soviet rule. Shortly before
regaining its independence, Latvia re-adopted on 27 February 1990 the same
red-white-red flag.
Though officially adopted in 1923, the Latvian flag was in
use as early as the 13th century. The red color is sometimes described as
symbolizing the readiness of the Latvians to give the blood from their hearts
for freedom and their willingness to defend their liberty. An alternative
interpretation, according to one legend, is that a Latvian leader was wounded
in battle, and the edges of the white sheet in which he was wrapped were
stained by his blood. The white stripe may stand for the sheet that wrapped
him.
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