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Children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with Haitian flag

Children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with Haitian flag

5.18.16 - Collier County, Florida. Six children sent home from school for wearing t-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day.

Five school girls were sent home for wearing T-shirts with the Haitian flag and national coat of arms on Haitian Flag Day, because it was a breach of the Collier County school district's student code of conduct. However, according to such code of conduct, only four flags can be worn in school: The United States flag, the POW/MIA flag, the Florida state flag, and the school's flag... but no Haitian flag. The POW/MIA flag was designed during the Vietnam War, as a symbol of national concern about U.S. military personnel who were Prisoners Of War (POW) and those who are still Missing in Action (MIA). The students later said, they felt discriminated, because, their parents were from Haiti. The Haitian Flag day is indisputably a symbol of general pride for all people of Haitian descent. Every year, it is observed in Haiti and in a number of U.S. cities with large populations of Haitian Americans. It marks the day (May 18, 1803) when the first Haitian flag was flown during the slave revolt against the French that led to the nation's independence. The school is situated in the town of Immokalee, Florida, where 8.9% of the people are Haitian descent.

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Fete du Drapeau in Cap-Haitian - 1964

Fete du Drapeau in Cap-Haitian - 1964

Here is a picture of the celebartion of Haitian Flag during the Duvalier period. This picture was taken in 1964.

As you may know, Francois had changed the flag of Haiti. It changed the country's flag from blue and red to black and red. The black symbolising the country's ties to Africa

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Haitian Flag Day Celebrated In Savannah, Georgia

Haitian Flag Day Celebrated In Savannah, Georgia

Here is a picture of the Haitian monument in downtown Savannah and what makes it special is the Haitian flag that was put there to celebrate Haian Flag day which is on May 18. This special celebration was don on May 18, 2011

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