The
national flag of Anguilla
consists of
a Blue Ensign with the British flag in the canton, charged with the
coat of arms of Anguilla in the
fly. The coat of arms consists of three
dolphins, which were featured on the earlier
Anguillan flag, and which stand for friendship, wisdom and
strength.
The flag is Anguilla's third flag other than as part of
Saint
Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. The island's first flag was a red
blue flag featuring the name of the island in yellow and two
mermaids. Variants to this flag were also widely used, with some
substituting red for purple and some not bearing the name of
Anguilla. This flag was widely disliked, and was replaced during
Anguilla's brief period of independence by the
Dolphin Flag, which is still widely seen around
the island. This flag was a banner of the arms found on the current
flag, and was white with a broad blue band across the base of the
flag, above which were three stylised golden dolphins. It was
adopted in 1990.
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