The Secret History Behind Honduras' Flag
The five stars on Honduras' flag stand for five countries that were once one.
Honduras was part of the United Provinces of Central America, and when the union dissolved it kept a blue, white and blue flag. On March 7, 1866 five blue stars were added to the white band to represent the five states of the old federation: Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
In 1898 the stars turned yellow, and in 1949 they went back to blue, the version flown today. The white band between two blue ones is generally read as the isthmus between two oceans.
The date printed on every Honduras design in our catalog, September 15, 1821, is the day Central America declared independence from Spain.
Five stars, one dream of unity, and a flag that still remembers it.
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