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![[Trinitarian flag]](../images/d/do_trin.gif)
The flag of the Dominican Republic has its roots in
the Haitian Flag of the
early 19th century, a horizontal bicolor of blue over red.
The leader of the movement for independence from Haiti,
Juan Pablo Duarte, founded a secret society, the
Trinitarians, on 16 July 1838. This name referred to their
religion as well as to the organization of their society,
which limited association between members to cells of three
individuals.
Dave Martucci, 12 Oct 1999
On 16 July 1838 the Trinitaria movement was founded, adopted
the Haitian flag with a cross (the cross of
Konstantin the Great of Byzanz!). The flag
was hoisted on 27 Feb 1844 when independence was declared, because the
dominican part did not accept Haitian president Boyer.
The new design came in use on 6 Nov 1844.
Ralf Stelter, 21 Jan 2001
What does 10 stars represent?
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 Jan 2001
According to Corre’s 2001
article [cor01a],
the members of the secret society Trinitaria allied to Haitian
liberals to form a common front against (Haitian) Boyer’s regime, thus
explaining the “Haitian” origin of the Trinitaria flag.
This Trinitaria flag thought to be the origin of the Dominican
flag is shown in one source (in [stb65],
plate 25, flag #871,
erroneously captioned «Dominica (English Western
Colonies)») as an horizontally divided blue-red flag with a white cross
in the center, four white stars placed vertically along the hoist, two
white stars placed above and below the cross, respectively, and four white
stars placed vertically along the hoist.
Ivan Sache, 30 Jun 2001
This flag is shown on both the 1862 Bromme flag atlas
[bmm62], and the 1864
Johnson flag chart [jow63];
Bromme showing is as "Republ. Dominca" and Jonhson (incorrectly)
as "Dominica".
Devereaux Cannon, 30 Jun 2001
I found another source showing this flag,
Flag chart named "The Flags of All Nations
new edition" [fan97].
Nozomi Kariyasu, 28 Jan 2001