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The Liberian flag bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the freed American and ex-Caribbean slaves offspring and bloodline origins of the country. The Liberian flag has similar red and white stripes, as well as a blue square with a white star in the canton. It was adopted on July 26, 1847.〔http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/africa/liberia.htm〕 == Symbolism == The eleven stripes symbolize the signatories of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, red and white symbolizing courage and moral excellence. The white star represents the freedom the ex-slaves were given, above the blue square representing the African mainland. The Liberian flag is the only flag in the world to be modeled after and resemble the American flag because Liberia was the only nation in the world that was founded, colonized, established and controlled by freed African-American and ex-Caribbean slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean islands with the help and support from the American Colonization Society. The American Colonization Society was a private organization establishment which sent freed American and ex-caribbean slaves as settlers from the United States and the Caribbean islands. When the freed American slaves arrived in Liberia on January 7,1822 they identify themselves as Americo-Liberian, in which to separate themselves from the native Liberians and other settlers. The Americo-Liberian was offspring and bloodline origins of black American from the United States of America. The Americo-Liberian wasn't the only ethnic group that came to Liberia; there were other ethnic groups who came with the Americo-Liberian, which were Native American, Afro-Caribbean, African-European and white American.〔http://www.reliefinc.org/about-relief/directors/〕 The flag is seen on many ships around the world as Liberia offers registration under its flag. Shipping companies do this to avoid taxes and restrictions that other countries enforce. As the second most popular flag of convenience (after Panama), it is estimated that 1700 foreign-owned ships fly the Liberian flag.〔http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3072983/t/liberian-shipping-draws-scrutiny/〕 This brings in much of the country's revenue.〔http://www.worldflags101.com/l/liberia-flag.aspx〕 File:Flag of Liberian Customs.svg|Flag of the Liberian Customs Service File:Presidential Standard of Liberia.svg|Standard of the President of Liberia File:US flag 26 stars.svg|Flag of the United States (1837–1845) was used in the Commonwealth of Liberia until Friday, April 26th 1845 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Liberia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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