Philippines Flag

ABOUT PHILIPPINES FLAG:

TWO EQUAL HORIZONTAL BANDS OF BLUE (TOP; REPRESENTING PEACE AND JUSTICE) AND RED (REPRESENTING COURAGE); A WHITE EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE BASED ON THE HOIST SIDE REPRESENTS EQUALITY; THE CENTER OF THE TRIANGLE DISPLAYS A YELLOW SUN WITH EIGHT PRIMARY RAYS, EACH REPRESENTING ONE OF THE FIRST EIGHT PROVINCES THAT SOUGHT INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN; EACH CORNER OF THE TRIANGLE CONTAINS A SMALL, YELLOW, FIVE-POINTED STAR REPRESENTING THE THREE MAJOR GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS OF THE COUNTRY: LUZON, VISAYAS, AND MINDANAO; THE DESIGN OF THE FLAG DATES TO 1897; IN WARTIME THE FLAG IS FLOWN UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE RED BAND AT THE TOP