4.5 Origins of the present ensign: Charles III.4.4 Philip V and the new Bourbon dynasty.1 Spanish flag legal frame and specifications.Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the color scheme of the flag remained intact, with the exception of the Second Republic period (1931–1939) the only changes centered on the coat of arms. Not until 1820 was the first Spanish land unit (The La Princesa Regiment) provided with one and it was not until 1843 that Queen Isabella II of Spain made the flag official. During the Peninsular War the flag could also be found on marine regiments fighting inland. The flag remained marine-focused for much of the next 50 years, flying over coastal fortresses, marine barracks and other naval property. It was chosen by Charles III himself among 12 different flags designed by Antonio Valdés y Bazán (all proposed flags were presented in a drawing which is in the Naval Museum of Madrid). The origin of the current flag of Spain is the naval ensign of 1785, Pabellón de la Marina de Guerra under Charles III of Spain. Traditionally, the middle stripe was defined by the more archaic term of gualda, and hence the popular name la Rojigualda (red- weld). The national flag of Spain ( Spanish: Bandera de España), as it is defined in the Constitution of 1978, consists of three horizontal stripes: red, yellow and red, the yellow stripe being twice the size of each red stripe. The yellow stripe is twice the size of the red stripes. Two horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) and yellow (middle). "When we fly the flag, it means we also fly the soul of our soldiers,'' Chuc Bui said.5 October 1981 (current version, changed coat of arms) Quyen Di Chuc Bui, 68, a Vietnamese language lecturer at UCLA who grew up in Saigon, said the flag unites the Vietnam diaspora around the world as a symbol of shared culture, history, loss and gratitude. "So clinging to the symbol of what they lost is a way of coping for them,'' Nguyen said. "A lot of the older generation, especially, that went through the war had to suffer a lot of atrocities and traumatic events at the hands of the communist government,'' says Tu-Uyen Nguyen, assistant professor in the Asian American Studies Program at California State University-Fullerton. Vietnam scholars say it's little surprise the flag still triggers such deep emotions among an immigrant community that lost its homeland in war. "They too would like to be able to set foot on the ground where they started (in the United States), 40 years ago." "My aunts and uncles, they are all in their 80s and 90s now, a generation that is dying off,'' she said. They eventually were sponsored by a local family and built a life in Orange County, Calif. Their father, a South Vietnam Army colonel, was held in Vietnam and not allowed out for another 14 years. We don't walk around with the flag every day.''ĭuong was 18 when she arrived at Camp Pendleton in 1975 with her mother, eight younger siblings and a large extended family. "We are the symbol of the old South Vietnam. "The disappointment is, why can we not compromise?'' says Huong Duong, an internal medicine physician from Tustin, Calif.
The decision has drawn strong opposition from some Vietnamese Americans who had planned to attend, and sparked an online petition drive at asking that the event continue as scheduled, without the flag, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 60 miles south in San Diego County. "But again, we have to hear the voices of the community first, and what they want.'' "We are all very, very sad that we couldn't make any compromises,'' says Sophie Tran, a spokeswoman for the organizing committee. government won't allow them to fly the yellow-and-red flag of the old South Vietnam while on base. Organizers this month abruptly canceled a long-scheduled event commemorating the 40th anniversary at the California military base where tens of thousands of refugees first landed in the United States after the South Vietnam government fell April 30, 1975. Forty years after the fall of Saigon, symbols of the failed war in Vietnam survive as a painful, divisive legacy for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese Americans now living and prospering in the United States.
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