![]() ![]() It was first hoisted at midnight on 27 April 1961, the day Sierra Leone became an independent country. The arms was designed first, and its predominant colours of green, white, and blue were subsequently used in the creation of the flag. In 1960, the College of Arms formulated and then approved of a new flag and coat of arms for Sierra Leone, in anticipation of the colony's independence the following year. Sierra Leone was granted its own unique coat of arms in 1914, and the emblem on the Blue Ensign was modified to reflect this change. Other than the initials, the rest of the emblem's design was identical to the colonial arms of the Gold Coast, The Gambia and the Lagos Colony. The emblem of Sierra Leone at the time consisted of a circle depicting an elephant, an oil palm tree and mountains, along with the letters "S.L." standing for the initials of the territory's name. Under colonial rule, Sierra Leone used the British Blue Ensign and defaced it with the arms of the territory. ![]() It became a crown colony of the United Kingdom within its colonial empire in 1808, Colony of Sierra Leone. The site of the settlement is where Freetown is now located. ![]() The British first arrived in what is now modern-day Sierra Leone in 1787, when philanthropists and abolitionists acquired 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi) of land situated close to Bunce Island for freed slaves. It was adopted in 1961, Sierra Leone's independence year, to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms of the Crown Colony of Sierra Leone. The national flag of Sierra Leone is a tricolour consisting of three horizontal green, white and blue bands. Standard of the president of Sierra Leone Flag at the embassy in Washington, DC White flag with the national flag in canton Republic of Sierra LeoneĪ horizontal tricolour of light green, white and light blue Not to be confused with Flag of Puntland. ![]()
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