Flag of the Hispanic People explained

Flag of the Hispanicity
Nickname:	Spanish; Castilian: Bandera de la Hispanidad
Use:	International -->
Proportion:	1:2
Design:	A white banner with three purple crosses pattée and the Sun of May rising from behind the center one.
Designer:	Ángel Camblor

The flag of the Hispanic People (Spanish; Castilian: Bandera de la [[Hispanidad]], flag of the Hispanicity) is an ethnic flag used to represent the Hispanic people or Hispanic community.

Symbolism

The Flag of the Hispanicity displays a white background with three purple crosses and a rising sun.

• The white field or background symbolizes peace and purity.
• The golden Sun of May evokes the indigenous god Inti and symbolizes the awakening of the new lands.
• The three crosses pattée symbolize Christopher Columbus's three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María.
• The Purpure color of the crosses represents the Spanish language and comes from the ancient use of this color in the lion of the Kingdom of León's flag, which was later incorporated with the Crown of Castile.^[1]

History

The flag was designed by Spanish; Castilian: Ángel Camblor|italic=no, a captain of the Uruguayan Army. He was the winner of a contest organized by Spanish; Castilian: [[Juana de Ibarbourou]]|italic=no in 1932. The flag was first raised in Montevideo, at the Independence Square, on 12 October 1932.

The flag was formerly known as "Flag of the Hispanic race" (Spanish; Castilian: Bandera de la raza hispánica).

Alternative use as the Flag of the Americas

The flag is also sometimes occasionally alternately used to represent the entire geographical area of The Americas and not just as an flag of the Hispanic American people.^{[2] [3]} The flag was officially adopted as the Flag of the Americas—in this usage representing, besides Hispanic Americans, also Anglo-Americans, Franco-Americans (the Québécois, Haitians, Guadeloupians, Martininqians, and French Guianians), Luso-Americans, Dutch Americans (the inhabitants of the Dutch Antilles and Suriname), and Greenlanders—by all member countries of the Pan-American Conference at their Seventh Assembly in 1933.^[4]

See also

• Spanish; Castilian: [[Hispanidad]]
• Hispanismo
• La Raza

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cervera . César . 2020-07-21 . La bandera olvidada que representa a toda la Hispanidad . The forgotten flag that represents all of the Hispanicity . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211012081844/https://www.abc.es/historia/abci-bandera-olvidada-representa-toda-hispanidad-202007142258_noticia.html . 2021-10-12 . 2022-04-10 . es . 1695-2936 . ABC.
2. Grosvenor . Gilbert . Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor . Showalter . William J. . September 1934 . Flags of the World . The National Geographic Magazine . en . 66 . 3 . 361, 364, 367 . 0027-9358 . 643483454 . 2022-04-10 . This flag, with its three wine-colored crosses and its sun of the Incas, was hoisted on October 12, 1932 in the Plaza Independencia in Montevideo. It was officially recognized and dedicated by supreme decree by the governments of Honduras, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and Peru. All of the nations of the Americas hoisted it shortly thereafter. . Internet Archive.
3. Web site: 2021-08-27 . Harden . Zachary . Flag of the Race . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211014024705/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-raza.html . 2021-10-14 . 2022-04-10 . . en.
4. Web site: 2013-01-29 . Bandera de las Américas (Séptima Conferencia Internacional Americana, Montevideo – 1933) . Flag of the Americas (Seventh International American Conference, Montevideo – 1933) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210713182157/https://www.dipublico.org/14765/bandera-de-las-americas-septima-conferencia-internacional-americana-montevideo-1933/ . 2021-07-13 . 2022-04-10 . Derecho Internacional . es.