Meaning of Liberia's Flag Colors

Liberia's flag (modeled on the U.S. Stars and Stripes) carries symbolic colors:

• Red: Valor and the blood shed for freedom.
• White: Purity and moral excellence.
• Blue: Fidelity, loyalty, and the African continent's Atlantic horizon.

The single white star represents Liberia as the "Lone Star"—Africa's first independent republic (1847), founded by freed American slaves.