Lebanon Flag

The flag of Lebanon consists of three equal sized horizontal stripes. There are two red stripes that are at the top and bottom of the flag. In the center of the red stripes is a single white stripe. In the center of the flag and the white stripe there is a green cedar tree. This is the description of the Lebanon national flag.

The cedar tree is an important feature of the Lebanese flag. It is used as a symbol of the Maronite Christians of Lebanon since the 18th and 19th centuries. The tree symbolizes peace, immortality and tolerance. The red stripes represent martyrdom and self-sacrifice, and the white stripe symbolizes the snow-capped peaks of Lebanon's mountains. Historically, red and white have represented the Kayssites (red) and the Yemmenites (white), who were differing clans within the Lebanese territory between 634 and 1711. This is the flag for Lebanon.

The Lebanon flag was enacted on December 7, 1943. They were granted independence on November 22, 1943. Lebanon was founded by France in 1920 and the Lebanese flag is based on the French tricolor. When Lebanon declared its independence from France, they removed the French blue and flipped the stripes from vertical to horizontal. The green cedar tree was added to the flag after the First World War. These were the different Lebanon flags. This flag can be flown both nationally and civilly by its citizens.

Lebanon was at the very center of ancient Phoenicia, which was later added to the Roman province of Syria in 64 BC. From 1095 to 1291, Lebanon was a major fighting ground for the Crusades. In 1516, the Ottoman Turks captured Lebanon, giving power to the Druze dynasty of the Maans first. Later power was granted to the Shihab dynasty, which later converted to Maronite Christianity. In 1918, Lebanon was no longer ruled by the Ottoman Turks. In 1920, the League of Nations gave Lebanon over to France. In 1946, Lebanon was granted independence. A civil war from 1975 to 1990 killed about 130,000 lives. From 1989 to 1998 during Elias Hrawi’s presidency reconstruction of Lebanon began in Beirut. In 1982, Israeli troops came in to Lebanon. They withdrew in 2000.

Individuals can find different Lebanon flag pictures or Lebanese flags on several different websites available on the internet.