jackwilson (True Core Lover): A flag commission composed of Dr. Jonas Basanavicius, artist Antanas Zmuidzinavicius and Tadas Daugirdas submitted a proposal which the Council of Lithuania adopted on April 19, 1918. The newly-adopted Lithuanian flag was composed of three equal horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and red. According to Dr. Basanavicius, the colors were selected because they recur most often in Lithuanian folk weavings arid other folk art. Today, they are explained as follows: *
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jackwilson (True Core Lover): yellow : the fertile fields of Lithuania, golden with ripe rye, wheat, flax, and other grains; *
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jackwilson (True Core Lover): green : the symbol of the nation's vitality (as represented in nature also); *
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jackwilson (True Core Lover): red : the blood shed in defending the homeland's freedom. *
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jackwilson (True Core Lover): The adopted Lithuanian flag was also included in the Lithuanian Constitution. The tricolor was publicly raised for the first time on November 11, 1918 in Vilnius, at the Council of State building. It was widely used during Lithuania's independence until the first Bolshevik occupation in June 1940. *
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