The Secret History Behind Saint Lucia's Flag
Saint Lucia's flag is a picture of its two most famous mountains.
The design, by the artist and teacher Dunstan St. Omer, won a competition and was adopted on March 1, 1967, to replace the Blue Ensign with the colony's arms. The black triangle edged in white and the golden triangle in front of it form a stylized view of the Pitons, Gros Piton and Petit Piton, the two volcanic spires on the island's southwest coast.
The cerulean blue field is the sky and the sea. Gold stands for sunshine and prosperity, and black and white for the harmony between the island's people.
The date printed on every Saint Lucia design in our catalog, February 22, 1979, is Independence Day.
Two mountains, drawn as two triangles.
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