Fourth Flag
On 11 July 1822 Guayaquil was incorporated and Gran Colombia reached its largest size. New arms were adopted, and the coat of arms was taken off the flag, and replaced with stars. It had three stars, but was upped to six, then nine, then finally twelve. Some variants had no stars, however. The color of the blue stripe was also changed to the dark blue seen on the flags of its successors. This flag served as the national flag until the country's dissolution in 1830. Some variants have no star.
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Famous quotes containing the words fourth and/or flag:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
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Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
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And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)