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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
for Brazilian National Flag, 1890]](../images/b/br!brb.gif)
image 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
I had recalled the Rio Branco's proposal had stars for the states on
the blue bordure of the shield, as the imperial coat of arms had them for the
provinces on the annulet.
Joseph McMillan, 3 May 2003
Joe McMillan's claim that stars appeared on the bordure of the shield are
"supported" by the image of the flag shown on Wikimedia Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Brazil_(Paranhos_project).svg.
Ivan Sache, 25 February 2012
![[Proposal by Oliveira Valadão
for Brazilian National Flag, 1892]](../images/b/br!ov.gif)
image by André Pires Godinho
This was an official proposal that was submitted 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
for Brazilian National Flag, 1908]](../images/b/br!we.gif)
image 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
![[Proposal by Eurico de Goés
for Brazilian National Flag, 1908]](../images/b/br!eg.gif)
image by André Pires Godinho
In his book, Eurico de Goés proposed a flag in 1908 as a new republican
flag, criticizing the flag in use. The proposal is very simple--the old imperial flag
without the shield and crown, in their place a star symbolizing the republic.
André Pires Godinho, 12 May 2003
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