Flag of The United States - Similar National Flags

Similar National Flags

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  • The flag of Bikini Atoll is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great debt is still owed to the people of Bikini because in 1954 the United States government detonated a thermonuclear bomb on the island as part of the Castle Bravo test.
  • The flag of Liberia bears a close resemblance, showing the ex-American-slave origin of the country. The Liberian flag has 11 similar red and white stripes, which stand for the 11 signers of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a blue square with only a single large white star for the canton.
  • The flag of Togo resembles a Liberian flag with five stripes, though the colors are Pan-African colors.
  • The very short lived First Flag of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, (November 15–19, 1889) resembles the U.S. flag, but uses Brazil's traditional colors of green, yellow, and blue instead of the U.S. flag's red, white, and blue. It was designed to honor the American people and the American Revolution.
  • The flag of El Salvador from 1865 to 1912. A different flag was in use, based on the flag of the United States, with a field of alternating blue and white stripes and a red canton containing white stars.

  • Flag of Bikini Atoll

  • Flag of Liberia

  • Flag of Togo

  • Provisional Flag of Republic of the United States of Brazil (November 15–19, 1889)

  • Flag of El Salvador 1839-1875

  • Flag of El Salvador 1875-1912

  • Flag of Puerto Rico

  • 1st National Flag of the Confederate States of America

  • Flag of Chile

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