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  • So I'm learning French off of Duolingo, and they keep repeating the same sentence;

  • Anyway, welcome back to Flag/Fan Friday. Hope you like the Haiti episode.

  • Seriously man. It's so cool how much of a crucial role yhey played in ending the Atlantic slave trade

  • and what's even more fascinating is how they came up with their flag which had a lot to do with anger.

  • You'll see why in a sec, so without further ado,

  • Everybody, so before we jump in. I just want to mention that as you know,

  • we do four country episodes, and then I take a little break to research the next four country episodes.

  • So next week, Geography Go! we'll be up where we go to Iceland and Greenland

  • I think you're gonna like those episodes plus some really cool update videos are going to come up as well.

  • I think you're gonna like them. alright back to the flag.

  • The flag of Haiti is a horizontal by color of blue on the top and red on the bottom.

  • Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the founding father essentially created the first flag by taking the French flag

  • but then the white was ripped out to symbolize the discarding of the white man that had enslaved them.

  • Later, he asked his goddaughter to sew the two colours together. The blue represents the black citizens of the country and the red,

  • now you would think the right stands for the blood of those who fought for the country because Haiti had a lot of people fighting for their country

  • but it actually does not. It refers to the 'Gens de couleur' or the people of color

  • typically referencing the mixed-race people between the slave owners and the slave mothers.

  • Now just a heads up, today is actually going to be a three for one deal

  • because not only does Haiti's Flag have the coat of arms on it

  • and not only is Haiti's flag a flag-ception flag which is a flag with a picture of its own flags on its own flag

  • but it's also one of the only few flags that actually has weapons on it.

  • Aeeeh, man, did they go all out?

  • The coat of arms is made up of six draped Haitian flags three on each side all behind a palm tree

  • with a drum at the bottom and cannons lined up in front on a green lawn with six Bayonet muskets

  • and a Phrygian hat, symbolizing freedom on a pole on top of the palm tree.

  • Now this is where things get a little technical because not all depictions of the coat of Arms contains the same elements on the green lawn.

  • Kind of looks like a yard sale with random items dispersed on display

  • but what you can't expect might include images of, cannonballs,

  • and I think these are those things you use to cram the cannonballs into the cannons,

  • anchors, trumpet bugles, axes, I'm guessing this is a mortar and pestle?

  • Is that a helmet? Yeah, probably a helmet. That's like a flag holder thing -

  • I'm not sure, but I think these are water canteens

  • If not, maybe some kind of sickle.

  • Finally at the bottom lies a banner with the words: "L'union fait la force"

  • which means unity makes strength.

  • Now throughout their history, they actually used a number of different flags and actually for a long time

  • they use black and it was vertical and during the kingdoms and empires times, the coat of arms is crazy detailed

  • but they always kept the two color background format, and eventually they just went back to this one.

  • Alright, so that's about it. Now you know what time it is? Geogra-Fanmail Time!

  • So this week. This is the stuff that you guys sent.

  • Let's just jump in. This letter is from Aaron from Bastrop, Texas

  • [I] love Texas you guys are like America's bodyguards if anything crazy happens you guys will step in. Hey Barbie. My name is Aaron

  • I'm 13 years old from Bastrop, Texas [the] most historic small town in Texas

  • Oh, I love the size of this flag - it's perfect perfect size

  • I really enjoyed watching your channel. Can't wait for the future episode keep up the good work. Thanks a lot aaron

  • This is from [Maura] from Stine for Germany hit Paul I've been watching a video since the cambodia episode

  • I live in a small city near Minster in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of the netherlands

  • I have ancestors in the netherlands France New Zealand and Mongolia wow it's not the best

  • But I hope you like [it] little picture of me with the [bun] [dear] [tara] flag in the background that is so cool

  • Thanks, Maura. [oh]

  • Sokka we from egypt Cairo. Oh, that's cool. Yes

  • It's like the second thing I've gotten from Africa the other one was from that guy from West Sahara. Hey Barbie. My name is

  • Stefanos and [I] am 19 years old I live in Cairo. [I] am fully egyptian in the envelope

  • I have sent you a rare seashell that I found in Sharm, El-sheikh

  • I also sent you to kinder surprises as I know you don't have them in America anyway

  • I hope you enjoy that stuff actually a [stefano's]. They're not illegal anymore

  • We can buy kinder chocolate eggs with the prize things in them. They sell them here

  • This little toy can't read your first name, but it's from poland. Oh

  • Your name is go sia, okay. Go sia. I'm a university student from Poland

  • [I] started watching you around the time you uploaded the cuba episode. This is the old market square of my city

  • It's nice and full of colors also. Are you up for a dare? I dare you to say?

  • Good skin what to the long polish word. There's a video on YouTube called Gregor something [ok] I'll look it up

  • little senses [2] kids

  • Presenters to get present [it]

  • [Greggers] let's just give

  • You can you secure [it] the model some students? Is that what does when corded?

  • Swing Conscious [Adversity] [Provodnikov] [a]

  • Hello [my] guys the [polish] languages wow speaking of poles. We got another package from Poland. Oh

  • This guy's name is a pajama [glue] book of your hometown tour. De [lune]

  • Oh Christmas card eat us. Just one bite ah a couple weeks

  • I will I will say Barbie greetings from pull in the country between Eastern western Europe. I've been watching for about half a year

  • I'm sending you some small gifts. I hope you will enjoy. Thanks to [shemesh]. [I] have this letter is from

  • West Virginia, hey mate. My name is Walsh. I'm originally from New [Jersey], but I've moved out to West Virginia for work

  • I don't have any sort of international piece of culture

  • I can give you since I've never been outside the country much

  • But I did include a collage of West, Virginia if you get the reference [ten] brownie points to you

  • This is this [C2]

  • House I

  • belong to the Place I

  • belong

  • Country Roads take me home to the place

  • where I belong, West Virginia Mountain

  • Something yeah, I got it Johnny cash. That's Johnny cash, right?

  • The further I got this cool letter it's from liechtenstein

  • [oh], this is so cool. Mission sign that even as a postcard yes. I know what this is I know what this is

  • The flag of Liechtenstein hey [barbie]. My name is Daniel. I am from the principality of liechtenstein

  • I think your youtube channel is awesome because it's educational entertaining

  • can't wait until the release of the

  • Distant side episode Neither can I and a fun story [me] my mom are possibly thinking of maybe if we can

  • Driving to this pinch [sign] once we go to switzerland. Just crossing the border

  • So we might actually be able to go to the finish line and if we do I'd love to meet up with you so this

  • Was fun. Thank you guys so much, but before we go

  • You know what time it is return address contest ready not going to look not looking not looking

  • ah

  • fred from

  • [dongseong] switzerland yes, you are the next winner there you go guys thanks so much for watching

  • You've justin flagged. I haven't said that for the past like eight episodes, but you've just been flagged and this fan fan Friday

  • Yeah, have a good one. I'll see you guys next week

So I'm learning French off of Duolingo, and they keep repeating the same sentence;

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Flag/ Fan Friday! Haiti + our FIRST LIECHTENSTEINER! (Geography Now!)

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/03/30
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