The following is a list of flags used in both Samoa and American Samoa. For more information about the national flag and the territory flag, Please see The Flag of Samoa and The Flag of American Samoa
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962-Present | Flag of Samoa | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1960-Present | Flag of American Samoa | A red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and a fly-whisk. The upper and lower triangles are dark blue. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1858-1873 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with a white crescent and a 5-pointed star. [7] | |
1875-1886 1889-1900 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred white cross and a 5-pointed star in the canton. | |
1886-1887 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A red field with centred black cross and a white 5-pointed star in the canton. | |
1887-1889 | Flag of The Kingdom of Samoa | A white field with centred black cross and a red field with a white 5-pointed star in the canton. | |
1900-1908 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 45 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. | |
1900-1914 | Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). | |
1900-1914 | Colonial Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Reichsadler in the center. | |
1908-1912 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 46 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. | |
1912-1959 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. | |
1914 | Proposed Flag of German Samoa | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with The Emblem of Samoa in the center. | |
1914-1962 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | |
1914-1962 | Flag of New Zealand | A defaced Blue Ensign with four red stars with white borders to the right, representing the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross. [8] [9] | |
1920-1948 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A Defaced Blue Ensign with The Badge of Samoa. | |
1948-1949 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars. [10] | |
1949-1962 | Flag of The Western Samoa Trust Territory | A red field with the blue rectangle on the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing the Southern Cross of four white larger five-pointed stars and the smaller star in the center. | |
1959-1960 | Flag of The United States | Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 49 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field. |
"Lupang Hinirang", originally titled in Spanish as "Marcha Nacional Filipina", and commonly and informally known by its incipit "Bayang Magiliw", is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its music was composed in 1898 by Julián Felipe, and the lyrics were adopted from the Spanish poem "Filipinas", written by José Palma in 1899.
The flag of Samoa was first adopted from 24 February 1949, for UN Trusteeships, and continuously applied for the state's independence on 1 January 1962. It consists of a red field with a blue rectangle in the canton. The blue rectangle bears the Southern Cross: four large white stars and one smaller star. It makes a total of five white stars.
"The Banner of Freedom", known also as "Sāmoa Tulaʻi" is the national anthem of Samoa. Both the words and the music were composed by Sauni Iiga Kuresa. The anthem was composed in response to a public competition to select a new anthem when the United Nations conferred self-government on Samoa in 1948 and was chosen from among 15 entries. It was performed publicly for the first time on 1 June 1948 and was subsequently played at all public ceremonies attended by the High Commissioner and performed after "God Save the Queen" on official occasions. It was retained as the national anthem upon Samoa's gaining of independence from New Zealand in 1962.
Tokelau, a dependent territory of New Zealand, adopted an official flag in 2009. Previously, the flag of New Zealand was used as the official flag for Tokelau.
At present there is no official flag of Sikkim, a state in India. The independent Kingdom of Sikkim did have a national flag until it became a state of India in 1975.
The Emblem of Haryana is the official seal of the Government of the Indian state of Haryana.