~~March 11, 2016~~
“BANDERA MONO-ESTRELLADA”
(… flag with only one star …)
A national flag is a flag that symbolizes a country.
The flag is flown by the government, but usually can also be flown by citizens of the country.
Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses may fly the national flag.
The national flag is often, but not always, mentioned or described in a country’s constitution, but its detailed description may be delegated to a flag law passed by the legislative, or even secondary legislation or in monarchies a decree.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_flag
You would think that proudly flying your country’s flag is a given.
I thought it was until I learned some of the history of Puerto Rico’s flag.
When I was a child, unaware of things happening around me, there was a storm brewing in Puerto Rico. It was one of the many. This one involved Puerto Rico’s flag.
I think that it’s one of the many reasons there are Puerto Rican flags everywhere there are Boricuas gathered.
I was 7 years old when the “Gag Law” was repealed!
HortyRex©
HERE GOES
Law 53 of 1948 – better known as the Gag Law (Spanish: Ley de La Mordaza) – was an act enacted by the Puerto Rico legislature of 1948 with the purpose of suppressing the independence movement in Puerto Rico.
The act made it a crime to own or display a Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence, or meet with anyone, or hold any assembly, in favor of Puerto Rican independence.
It was passed by a legislature overwhelmingly dominated by members of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which supported developing an alternative political status for the island.
The bill was signed into law on June 10, 1948 by Jesús T. Piñero, the United States-appointed governor. Opponents tried to have the law declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, but did not succeed.
The law remained in force for nine years until 1957 when it was repealed on the basis that it was unconstitutional as protected by freedom of speech within Article II of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the First Amendment of Constitution of the United States.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Law_(Puerto_Rico)
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