by Nelson Román and Blas Delgado, 19 January 2005
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On 25 April 2006, representatives of the Spanish government
delivered in San Juan the "Bandera de Fortificación"
to the "Regimento Fijo". This flag was the first to
bear the shield of arms of Puerto Rico. The shield was granted by
King Charles IV of Spain to the first Spanish regiment to
incorporate local soldiers, that contributed in 1797 to the
expelling from San Juan of the English troops (68 vessels and
3,000 men) commanded by General John Abercrombie. The
"Regimento Fijo", which is involved in the
commemoration of historical acts, required the return of the flag
at the Spanish Embassy in Washington, which contacted the Spanish
Army.
Source: <actualidad.terra.es>.
Ivan Sache, 1 May 2006
by Nelson Román and Blas Delgado, 19 January
2005
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Coat of Arms
by Nelson Román and Blas Delgado, 19 January
2005
During a very short period of time, from 1873 to 1875, a
Republic was proclaimed in Spain, after the dethronement of
Isabella II (1833-1868) and the following abdication of Amadeus,
Duke of Aosta, as King (1870-1873). The change from Kingdom to
Republic was apparently felt, at least vexillologically, in
Puerto Rico with the incorporation of a new Coat of Arms and
flag. Both images can be seen in the small museum at Arecibo's
Museo del Faro (Lighthouse Museum). Nobody is sure how long they
were used, if ever.
Source: photos taken by Nelson Román.
Blas Delgado, 19 January 2005
by Jose' Carlos Alegria
Obsolete Colonial Registration Ensign. The difference between
the European provinces and those from overseas territories are
that the previous were rectangular, while the later were
swallotail flags. Ratio: 3:5.
Jose C. Alegria, 5 November 1999
Flag According to Steenbergen Book (1862)
by Jaume Ollé, 16 August 2003
No. 848 - Portorico [This is the matricule province flag
for Puerto Rico].
Source: [stb62]
Jaume Ollé, 16 August 2003
![[Grito de Lares flag]](../images/p/pr-gdl.gif)
pale yellow star version
by Rick Wyatt, 5 August 1998
white star (Lares flag)
version
by Blas Delgado
This is the Grito de Lares flag, used 23 September 1868
during an unsuccessful revolt against Spanish government. The
flag is still preserved at the University of Puerto Rico. Even
though all written material speaks of the star as white,
according to Whitney Smith, who has seen the flag, the star is
unmistakably pale yellow.
Dave Martucci, 6 March 1998
Francisco A. Scarano in "Puerto Rico Cinco Siglos de
Historia" a generally recognized textbook, on p. 432 has a
B&W photo of a man and woman holding the flag. They are not
identified, but on p. 442 there is a photo of a woman (older) who
is almost certainly the same and she is identified as Mariana
Braccetti with the mention "Bordó la bandera de
Lares." That is, "She embroidered the flag of
Lares."
Anna Stone Jimanez, 31 October 1998
An inland town wherein an unsuccessful rebellion was
prematurely staged against the Spanih government in September 23,
1868. The Lares flag, intended to become the national flag of the
Republic, was designed by Dr. Ramon Emeterio Betances and
embroidered by Mrs. Mariana "Golden Hand" Bracetti.
This layout in turn honors their liaison to the Antillean
Confederacy and nationalist forces in the Dominican Republic,
where Dr. Betances had been exiled to.
Juan Vaquer Jr, 26 Febuary 1999 and Peter J. Torres,
26 March 2002