WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After German reunification in 1990, West and East Germany adopted the West German flag as the flag of the reunited Germany, therefore maintaining black, red, and gold as Germany’s colors.

Detailed explanation-2: -The national flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold (German: Schwarz-Rot-Gold). The flag was first sighted in 1848 in the German Confederation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colors symbolized national unity and civic freedom. In 1848, in Frankfurt, the Bundestag (parliament), like the German National Assembly, declared black-red-gold to be the colors of the German Confederation or the German Reich that was to be founded.

Detailed explanation-4: -The modern German flag was created in 1919, following Germany’s defeat in WW I during the Weimar Republic. The prestigious Roman empire’s gold, red, and black colours have returned to represent a united, democratic Germany.

Detailed explanation-5: -Leading the procession, way past the statue of Liberty, are the United States and Switzerland, which by this time were already nation-states. France, identifiable by the revolutionary tricolour, has just reached the statue. She is followed by the peoples of Germany, bearing the black, red and gold flag.