Brazil - Proposed National Flags since 1889

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• Proposal by Wenceslau Escobar

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The law introducing the new republican flag in 1889 wasn't accepted by everyone. Some important politicians and intellectuals rejected the new flag. Some reasons for the disagreement: the positivist symbolism, aesthetic reasons, rejection of the republic itself.
André Pires Godinho, 26 April 2003

Proposal by Baron of Rio Branco

by André Pires Godinho

This project was not submited to the Constitutional Assembly of 1890. The flag is divided into three diagonal stripes representing the three races that constitute the Brazilian people--red, white and black--with a coat of arms in the center, very similar to the imperial arms.
André Pires Godinho, 26 April 2003

Proposal by Júlio Ribeiro

by Joseph McMillan

The same flag later made official as the São Paulo state flag was originally proposed in 1888 to be a new republican flag.
André Pires Godinho, 26 April 2003

Proposal by Oliveira Valadão

by André Pires Godinho

This was an official proposal that was submited to the Brazilian Assembly in 1892 with the signatures of 14 deputies. The stars and the motto Ordem e Progresso were to be removed and in its place the republican coat of arms positioned in the center. This proposal was rejected by the Brazilian Congress.
André Pires Godinho, 26 April 2003

Proposal by Wenceslau Escobar

by André Pires Godinho

This project of 1908 is a simple one. The modification is to withdraw the white band with the motto because, as the author of the project said, "the country cannot have an ensign with the motto of a sect" (Positivism). This project was also rejected by the Brazilian Congress.
André Pires Godinho, 26 April 2003