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- ↑ Henderson, H., ed. (2015). ""Haiti Flag and University Day"". Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, Inc.
- ↑ Girard, Philippe R. (2009-01-01). "Birth of a Nation: The Creation of the Haitian Flag and Haiti's French Revolutionary Heritage". Journal of Haitian Studies. 15 (1/2): 138, 141. JSTOR 41715156.
- ↑ Accilien, Cécile; Adams, Jessica; Méléance, Elmide, eds. (2006). Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti. Coconut Creek, FL: Caribbean Studies Press. p. 91.
