Caracas, August 3, 2024.- “This beautiful flag represents the political, historical, and cultural identity of our Republic, becoming a source of inspiration to preserve its undeniable condition of being free and sovereign,” stated the General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), M/G Elio Estrada.
During the Flag day celebration at the National Pantheon, he emphasized that “today we are inspired by the commitment and determination of those men and women who refused to be a colony of plundering and immoral empires in their courage, commitment, and sacrifice. There is an irrevocable promise that Venezuela is determined to build a Republic that bases its moral heritage and its values of freedom, equality, justice, and international peace on the doctrine of our liberator Simón Bolívar.”
He recalled that the precursor of the Independence of Venezuela and Latin America, the Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda, and his Liberating Expedition, entered Venezuelan shores at Vela de Coro in Falcón state on August 3, 1806, where the flag was proudly and patriotically raised for the first time.
The Major General emphasized that today the Venezuelan flag displays eight stars as a result of the inclusion of the province of Guayana, as decreed by the Liberator Simón Bolívar on November 20, 1817, and materialized by Commander Hugo Chávez on August 3, 2006, through a decree that officially established the National Flag Day.
He also mentioned in his speech that 207 years later, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces “holds the flag high with dignity and honorable pride, preserving its nationalist value and all its essence filled with freedom, self-determination, sovereignty, and independence.”
The General Commander of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) emphasized that the national tricolor represents the political, territorial, historical, and cultural identity of the Republic, becoming a source of inspiration to preserve its undeniable condition of being free and sovereign.
He similarly highlighted that raising the flag “reminds us that we are one community, and despite our differences, there is more things uniting us than dividing us. It brings us closer to our traditions and our culture, strengthens our diversity, and we align our deepest aspirations for justice every day.”
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