November 28, 2025 – Panama Independence Day

Today, the flag of Panama flies in celebration of one of two independence days celebrated in this Central American nation. The celebration today is of Panama’s independence from Spain in 1821. After gaining independence from Spain, Panama joined the Republic of Greater Columbia. On November 3, 1903 Panama separated from Columbia to form the nation that is still in existence today.

Panamanian Law 34 of 1949 declares the Symbols of the Nation to be the Flag, the National Anthem, and the Coat of Arms. It describes the flag as follows: “The Flag of the Republic consists thus of a divided rectangle of four quarters: the upper field close to the pole white with a blue star of five points; the upper field further from the pole, red; the lower field near the pole, blue; and the lower one further from the pole, white with a red star of five points.”

Also flying today is the flag of Gibraltar.

The flag of Gibraltar is an elongated banner of the Arms of Gibraltar, granted by Royal Warrant Queen Isabella of Castille on the July, 10 1502. The warrant describes the flag as follows, “An escutcheon on which the upper two thirds shall be a white field and on the said field set a red castle, and below the said castle, on the other third of the escutcheon, which must be a red field in which there must be a white line between the castle and the said red field, there shall be a golden key which hangs by a chain from the said castle, as are here figured.”