Talk:Flag of Haiti
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[edit] Question
Why was the flag changed during Duvalier? --Soman (talk) 19:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Color Question
Does anyone know the significance of the colors red and blue on the Haitian flag? Someone told me once and I've since forgotten. Todgar (talk) 15:15, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
- I have heard that Jean Jacques Dessalines took the flag of France and ripped the white stripe out of the middle to symbolize driving the white people (Europeans) out of Haiti. Not sure if this is a true story, there was certainly a lot of racial conflict in the Haitian Revolution, but it sounds like an urban legend. I don't know of any other meaning to the colors beyond that, but there is probably an official explanation such as "blue stands for justice" and whatnot. jwillbur 16:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
