Hi all ! Recently I wondered how much I know for my country's flag. I was surprised to admit that I almost knew nthg. I like reading history and I wasn't feeling very good not knowing the symbolism of our flag .So I decided to make a little research. The Greek flag allow me to say the Hellenic flag is blue and white . This symbols the blue color of Hellenic sea and the white of the waves on a rough sea. It is composed from 9 similar lanes, 5 blue_ 4 white and a cross up left. All nine lanes compose the spelling of phrase 'Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος' _ Freedom or Death , which was the slogan in Revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman Turks. Firstly the flag was like that from 1822-1970:
and since 1970 the flag is this :
This was a short report about our flag .
Have a nice day !