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The oldest use of a symbol for Haiti is known since 1807. The symbol shows several national flags, with two cannons and palm trees. The symbol indicates the battle for independence of the republic. The motto, in French, means 'Strength through unity'. The use of the symbol was interrupted twice; once
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of six rifles, six civil flags, two axes, two bugles, and a drum between two cannons pointing outwards on their gun-carriages, thereon two powder-bags, on the dexter one an infantry-hat, on the sinister one a cavalry-hat, between two piles of cannonballs and two anchors, all
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crowned himself as
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declared himself as the King of Haiti and adopted a Royal Coat of Arms. On the yellow shield of the arm there was a phoenix rising from its flames with five-pointed stars around it, and the motto
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855:Categories
795:Montserrat
790:Martinique
785:Guadeloupe
640:Costa Rica
559:2008-05-15
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502:2021-07-25
285:civil flag
70:Supporters
780:Greenland
695:Nicaragua
670:Guatemala
204:for '
183:and ship
161:palm tree
147:instead (
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745:Anguilla
680:Honduras
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155:Overview
137:heraldry
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685:Jamaica
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488:"HAITI"
233:Henri I
226:History
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