Posted on November 4, 2019
The country that connects North and South America - Panama - has a three-day patriotic fiesta every year. Folks in Panama celebrate Separation Day on November 3 (separation from Colombia, that is!), and they celebrate Colon Day on November 5 (the anniversary of Panamanian forces in the city of Colon convincing Colombian forces not to fight against that separation!).
Flag Day was created as a kind of bridge between the two holidays. The date is not an actual anniversary, because the Panamanian flag was adopted in March of 1925.
The first suggested flag for Panama was inspired by the flag of the U.S. Mrs. Bunau-Varilla designed a flag with 13 stripes, alternating red and yellow; instead of having white stars on the blue field, Bunau-Varilla's flag had two yellow suns connected by lines that represented the Panama Canal.
The first president of Panama, Manual Amador Guerrero, thought that the flag was TOO much like the U.S. flag. He asked his family to create a new design, and Guerrero's son made a sketch of his own idea, and his wife with other family members sewed three original flags based on that design.
The blue quadrant and star represented the Conservative Party, the red quadrant and star represented the Liberal Party, and the white quadrants represented peace between the parties. That "peace" part is really important - nations should try for vigorous discussions of values and ideas for laws and governance - discussions followed by fair elections - but within the context of rule of law and peace!
Also on this date:
Anniversary of Punkin Chunking
Anniversary of Punkin Chunking
Citizenship Day in the Northern Marianas
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