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The Lebanese flag is red then red then white horizontal sections mediates the white cedar green. The size of the white equals the size of the red sections together. The cedar is in the middle section touches her red top and touch the base of the red section and the lower the size of Cedar parallel to the third the size of eggs section.
Flag Symbolism
Red symbolizes the blood of martyrs has been shed in the revolution of November 1943. Symbolizes the color white to white snow that accumulates on the mountains of Lebanon, a symbol of purity and peace, and the cedar tree that had been derived from Mount Lebanon, it stands to holiness and eternity and resilience of tradition.
History of flag
* 1516: adopted concerned a side note is divided into red and white wreath green strikethrough.
* 1698: Chehabs adopted the blue flag strikethrough white crescent.
* 1842: Almtsrvip days, used a red flag adorned with star and crescent logo, which indicates that the Ottoman state.
* 1918: After the First World War and the withdrawal of the Ottomans, the Lebanese used a white flag surrounding a green cedar tree.
* 1920: When the Declaration of State of Greater Lebanon, the French used their knowledge Red - White - Blue and put the cedar in the middle.
* 1943: Bchamoun rebels declared the independence of Lebanon and the transformation of science to the current format and approved by the Lebanese Parliament in December 1943 as science official.
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