Goodbye, Columbus? |
The next time you pass by a Dominican flag waving proudly in the wind, take a closer peek at its design—you’re lookin' at one of a kind. The Dominican Republic’s flag is the only flag in the world that displays an image of the Bible. In the center of the large white cross is a coat of arms, which depicts a gold cross, an open Bible, and the motto Dios, Patria, Libertad (God, Country, Freedom). The flag was officially adopted after the Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti in 1844, but its religious roots trace back to the Christian influence brought over from Spain by Christopher Columbus and his gang of disease-carrying, God-fearing men.
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