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This is the Puerto
Rican flag.
It looks a lot like the
Cuban flag but the colors were inverted.
This flag was first
used in December,22, 1895 to represent “The Borinquen Club” in New York, and
it’s still been used as our national symbol. In 1898 the flag became the mark of
resistance to the US Invasion,the lone star was the "guide of the patriots".
When PR became a
Commonwealth in 1952, it was officially adopted as our national flag.
Emblem
The sheep represents Jesus
Christ.
The red book, is the book
of eternal life.
The letters F & I are for
Fernando and Isabel, Spain’s King and Queen at that time.
And the words “Joannes est
nomen EJVS” means “ And Juan is its name”.
Because that was the name of
the island in the beginning: San Juan Bautista.
The lions are the De Leon
Kingdom, and the towers represent the Castilla Kingdom.
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