Philippines

Republic of the Philippines
Flag of the Philippines
Designer	Emilio Aguinaldo
Adopted	12 June 1898
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The flag of the Republic of the Philippines is a vertical bicolor of blue and red, with a white triangle, a yellow sun with eight rays and three yellow stars on each corner of the triangle.

Symbolism

The triangle symbolizes liberty, equality, and fraternity, the blue stripe is for peace, truth, and justice and the red stripe for patriotism and valor. The golden sun symbolizes unity, freedom, people's democracy, and sovereignty. The rays of the sun symbolized the first eight provinces of the Philippines which was declared under martial law during the Philippine Revolution (Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Tarlac). The three five-pointed stars stand for the three major islands where the revolution started: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Historical Flags

Flag of Cross of Burgundy,
1565–1762, 1764–1821.

Flag during the brief British occupation of Manila, 1762–1764.

Flag of Philippines Maritime Province 1845–1886 and Manila Maritime Province 1886–1896.

Flag of Iloilo Maritime Province 1886–1896.

See also: Spain, United States, and Japan

Historical national flags

1898–1901

1919–1936

1936–1985, 1986–1998

1943

1943–1945

1985

1985–1986

1998–present

Flag Redesigns