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Bayamon (Puerto Rico)
Bayamón
Last modified: 2002-05-18 by dov gutterman
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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 13 March 2002
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Overview
This city of 222,815 inhabitants was founded on May 22, 1772
(other sources say 1771). The white and blue represent the waters
of the R�o Bayam�n [Ri'o Bayamo'n] and remind us that the first
hydraulic mill in Puerto Rico was built along this river. The
cross refers to the one on the CoA, the Calvary Cross [Cruz de
Calvario], itself representing the Holy Cross to be found in the
municipality's first church. On March 29, 1977, the Municipal
Assembly of Bayam�n officially approved the flag and corrected
the errors which existed in the the city code following the
Resolution No. 59 dated April 8, 1971. The current flag of
Bayam�n, the official white field of Bayam�n, was embroidered
by Mrs. Gloria M. Le�n.
Thanh-T�m Le' , 12 January 1999
David Ott, a fellow Scandinavian flag lover, pointed
me to a site in Puerto Rico, where we found the flag of
Bayamon...a Scandinavian cross design.
Edward Mooney, Jr. , 11 August 1999
The correct Bayamon's flag is the variant presented by Edward
Mooney, Jr. The color is very dark blue
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 6 June 2000
Bayam�n - On 29 March 1977 the Municipal Assembly officially
approved the flag and they amended the errors that existed in the
Coat of Arms. The present flag consists of a blue plain Latin
cross edged with yellow. The official flag was sown by Gloria M.
Le�n. The flag derives its design, colors and symbolism
from the municipal Coat of Arms.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 6 April 2001
Are you sure the Reported WRONG Flag is
actually wrong? All my life as a Bayamon resident that flag was
the official flag.
Jose E. Santos, 12 March 2002
The problem resides in the shade of blue. The official flag is
of a dark-blue, not a real blue shade.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 13 March 2002
Reported WRONG Flag
by Thanh-T�m Le, 20 Febuary 2000
Wrong flag based on pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (Not available at the moment)
Coat of Arms
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by Juan Colo'n De Jesu's, 9 June 2001
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