The national flag of Grenada was first raised in February 1974, when the country gained independence as part of the British Commonwealth.
Description and proportions of the flag of Grenada
The flag of Grenada has a quadrangular shape, like most of the flags of states on the political map of the world. Its length and width are related to each other in a 5: 3 ratio.
The flag of Grenada has a red border around its entire perimeter. on it above and below three five-pointed yellow stars are applied. The main field of the flag is divided into four triangles by diagonal lines. The triangles, which are based on the shaft and the free edge, are light green. The other two are bright yellow. At the point of convergence of the diagonal lines on the flag of Grenada, there is a round red disc, into which a five-pointed yellow star is inscribed.
In the green triangle of the flag, starting at the flagpole, there is an image of a red and yellow nutmeg.
The flag of Granada is approved for use by all institutions, authorities and private citizens on land. It is the flag of the country's Armed Forces. For the needs of the civilian fleet, a similar panel is used only with a slightly different combination of the length and width of the sides. The moisture of the Grenada Navy is a white rectangle divided into four equal parts by a red St. George cross. The upper quadrangle at the pole is occupied by the state flag of Grenada. The aspect ratio on the Grenada Navy flag looks like 1: 2.
The red border on the flag of Grenada embodies the courage of its defenders and the unity of the people who invisibly guard the peace and well-being of the islands. The green triangles represent the fields of Grenada, where many crops are grown, including nutmeg, the main export product. The yellow fields on the flag represent the sunlight that floods the land of Grenada, and the seven stars on the flag represent the number of provinces in the country.
History of the flag of Grenada
Being in colonial dependence on Great Britain, Grenada as a state was forced to adopt a flag similar to the flags of other overseas possessions of Her Majesty. It was a blue rectangular panel, in the upper left part of which the flag of Great Britain was placed in a hernia. On the right, on a blue field, the coat of arms of Granada was applied. Such a flag, with various variations of the coat of arms, existed from 1875 to 1967.
Then Grenada received the right of internal self-government and adopted the blue-yellow-green tricolor as a flag. In 1974, the artist Anthony George presented a new draft of the flag, which adorned the flagpoles of the now independent Grenada.
