Lebanese National Anthem,

English Translation

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

Our valour and our writings are the envy of the ages.

Our mountains and our valleys, they bring forth stalwart men.

And to Perfection all our efforts we devote.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

Our Elders

and our children,

 await our Country's call,

And on the Day of Crisis

 they are as Lions of the Jungle.

The heart of our East is ever Lebanon,

May God preserve her until end of time.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

The Gems of the East are her land and sea.

Throughout the world her good deeds flow from pole to pole.

And her name is her glory since time began.

Immortality's Symbol--the Cedar--is her Pride.

All of us! For our Country, for our Flag and Glory!

The Lebanese Flag and Its Evolution Throughout History
The Lebanese Flag consists of three horizontal bands, Red, White, and Red, with a green cedar in the center, i.e. the white band that amounts to the size of both red bands put together. The tip and root of the green Cedar both stretch towards the edge of the red areas. The red bands symbolize the pure blood, shed in the aim of liberation. The white band symbolizes peace. As for the green cedar, it symbolizes immortality. The Lebanese flag was raised in Bashamoun on the 21rst of November 1943 at 11:20 pm. It is believed that this same flag is now kept in the National Museum, although it may have been transported to the Governmental Palace in Baiteddine.  Lebanon has had several flags and banners, around which the Lebanese citizens had gathered through times of peace and war.  The Lebanese flag has evolved according to the following historical steps:
The Mamluks Flag: It consisted of a cloth embroidered with golden threads		The Phoenician Flag: This flag was blue, symbolizing the sea, yet the red color was later added to it when the purple color was discovered
The Rebels Flag during Prince Ibrahim's Era: It became a white cloth with a red carnation at the bottom right corner		The Rebels Flag: It consisted of a cross and a sword, both white, on a red cloth
The Shehabian Flag: Consisted of a blue cloth with a white crescent		The Lamaïte Flag: It consisted of a white cloth with a drawing of a Lion
The Abi Kand Flag: Consisted of two vertical and equal bands, one yellow and one blue		The Tannoukhian Flag: Consisted of 5 colors divided vertically in equal bands of white, blue, yellow, red and green
The National Maaniïtes Flag: The Kaïssy Party Flag		The Maaniïtes Flag at the end of the Maaniïtes Emirate: End of the 17th century
The Ottoman Flag: Consisted of a red cloth with a white crescent and white star in the center, and remained as such until their departure in 1918		The Jumblatian Flag: It consisted of a red flag with a green frame; a sword and a dark green hand in the middle
The Lebanese Cedar: Following the fall of the Ottoman Empire, it consisted of a white cloth with a green cedar in the center		The Lebanese flag during the French Mandate: It was similar to the Blue, White and Red French Flag with a green Cedar in the middle, and was designed by the president of the Lebanese Nahda (renaissance) Movement, the late Naoum Mukarzel
The National Flag: White and Red with a cedar in the center. The Cedar consists of two thirds of the size of the white band		The Independence Flag: As drawn by the MPs using pencils during the parliamentary session

	Lebanese Flag
		See flag history below