He turned the flag on its side and rejoined the blue and red strips of fabric—symbolic of the union of mulattoes and blacks against the French.
Haitian soldiers went on to win their independence against the French under the new bicolor flag. Celebrating the spirit of the Haitian People.
Posted on May 18, Haitian Flag Day commemorates the creation of Haitian Flag and was adopted on May 18, on the last day of the Congress of Arcahaie. The congress was a meeting that had two key outcomes: the establishment of a united command of the revolutionary army under the supreme authority of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and the adoption of a flag by the indigenous army. Jean-Jacques Dessalines created the flag by taking a French tricolour and ripping out the white centre.
His goddaughter, Catherine Flon, sewed the remaining horizontal bands together — the tricolour became the bi-colour. T he coat of arms depicts a trophy of weapons atop a green hill and a royal palm symbolizing independence.
The palm is topped by the Cap of Liberty. I n addition to the colors and coat of arms on the flag changing throughout history, the motto on the flag changed several times as well. The latter motto was adopted from the French Revolution and was likely on the original French flag created by Dessalines. The anthem is named in honor of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haiti's first leaders and revolutionarist. A competition for a national anthem was helod in to commemorate Haiti Revolution's th anniversary.
The anthem was officially adopted on January 1, All paper bills and coins are printed in the form of Haitian gourde. In addition to the Haitian gourde, the US dollar and the Haitian dollar are also notable.
The US dollar is commonly accepted as a medium of exchange in many businesses on the bays. The "Haitian dollar" does not physically exist, but is a concept of the Haitian people who believe that 1 Haitian dollar equals 5 Haitian gourde, a rate that has remained constant throughout history. This was as a result of pegging the US dollar to the gourde at a rate of Coins were reintroduced in in a range of denominations including 1, 2, 10, 20, and 50 centimes.
The production of coins ceased in , but resumed in with the issuance of the 5 and 10 centimes coins and the 20 centimes in , 50 centimes in , and 1 and 5 gourde in Today, only the 50 centimes, and the 1 and 5 gourde coins are in circulation.
The minting of banknotes began in until , with the 5 and 10 centimes, and later developments of banknotes in denominations of 10, 20, 25, 50, , , , and 1, gourde, which remain in circulation. Each denomination features the image of an historic symbol with special relevance to Haitian historic happenings.
The first Haitian gourde was introduced in Haiti in to replace the Haitian livre, which was a French colonial currency.
In , the last coins of the first gourde were minted and distributed by the Mint of Birmingham. Banknotes were also printed in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, , , and 1, gourdes.
The gourde was officially revalued at the ratio of in During this reevaluation, only banknotes worth 10 and 25 gourdes were issued. The second reevaluation occurred two years later in , when the revaluation was done at During this reevaluation, only banknotes were issued, with the majority dated In order to give the gourde a value in the international market, it was pegged to the French franc. However, in , it was changed and pegged to the US dollar.
Pour le Drapeau, pour la Patrie Mourir est beau, mourir est beau! For the country, For the ancestors, Let us march. Let us march united.
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