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| Adopted | 1848 1913 |
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| Design | A white field charged with a green Lebanese cedar tree. |
Although the Maronite flag is believed to have been created in the 17th or 18th century, its first recorded use was in October 1848.[1][2] The flag was also raised as the first national flag of Lebanon on October 2, 1918, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire.[3][4]
- ^ "Cedar Flag 1918 (Historical Flags, Lebanon)". crwflags.com. 2020-07-31.
After XVII century the flag (white) with cedar was used by the Maronite Christians. But the first attested use is dated only to October 1848.
- ^ Burton, A; Nehme, Joseph; Kelly, Ralph (1996). "Cedar Tree Green - Lebanon". Crux Australis. 12/2 (50): 78–96.
In the 18th and 19th centuries (AD) Maronite Christians in Lebanon used a white flag displaying a Cedar.
- ^ "Flags and banners". lebarmy.gov.lb. Lebanese Armed Forces. December 2016.
- ^ Rinkevičius, Šarūnas (2023). "The Collective Memory of the Maronite Community in the 21st Century: an Anthropological Perspective". Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies. 38 (2449): 35–58. doi:10.60018/Hemi.RBCU8003.
Of course, the Maronites played a huge role there as well – for example, if we look at their flag, the cedar, it became the flag of Lebanon.