Flag of Antigua and Barbuda

Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.

The flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted on February 27, 1967. Designed by a school teacher, Reginald Samuels, it consists of the upper half of a sun emerging from a horizontal stripe the color blue. Below this strip is a white background and above it, a black background. On both sides of the flag are two scalene right triangles (with their right angles in the lower corners) of red color.

The sun represents the dawn of a new era for the country, black represents the African ancestors of the majority of the population, blue hope and red energy. The golden yellow, blue and white combination also represents the natural environment of the Caribbean islands: sun, sea and sand.

On state and military vessels, a flag consisting of a red cross on a white field and the national flag in the canton is used.

Other flags

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  Coast Guard flag

Historical flags

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  Colonial Flag of Antigua and Barbuda (1956-1962)

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  Colonial Flag of Antigua and Barbuda (1962-1967)

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  Standard of the Governor of Antigua and Barbuda (1967-1981)

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  Flag of the Federation of West Indies