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This is the flag of Grand Bassa County in Liberia. It
was adopted in 1965, when Liberia's leader William Tubman awarded each Liberian
county its own flag.
The dark blue stands for loyalty, while the four stripes symbolize the four men from Grand Bassa who signed the Liberian Declaration of Independence in 1847: John Day, Amos Herring, Anthony William Gardiner (a future president) and Ephraim Titler. It should be noted that an additional eight people also signed the declaration, six from Montserrado County and two from Sinoe County.
The national flag of Liberia also celebrates the signers, but weirdly only has eleven stripes! I don't know the solution to this mystery, but my best guess would be that the man who drafted the declaration, Hilary Teague, wasn't counted as a “signer” by those who designed the flag. However, his name does appear on the document itself…
With this little Liberian mystery, I leave you for today!
The dark blue stands for loyalty, while the four stripes symbolize the four men from Grand Bassa who signed the Liberian Declaration of Independence in 1847: John Day, Amos Herring, Anthony William Gardiner (a future president) and Ephraim Titler. It should be noted that an additional eight people also signed the declaration, six from Montserrado County and two from Sinoe County.
The national flag of Liberia also celebrates the signers, but weirdly only has eleven stripes! I don't know the solution to this mystery, but my best guess would be that the man who drafted the declaration, Hilary Teague, wasn't counted as a “signer” by those who designed the flag. However, his name does appear on the document itself…
With this little Liberian mystery, I leave you for today!
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