The black-and-white flag was a response to the financial oversight board that was created after Hurricane Maria; it protests the U.S. mainland's financial control over Puerto Rico.

He points to the island’s first flag, the Revolutionary Flag of Lares, which was designed ahead of a major uprising in Lares, Puerto Rico, in 1868 against the island’s first colonizer, Spain.

The First Flag: Starting in 1493, the Spanish empire controlled Puerto Rico for more than 400 years, a violent period marked by the genocide of the indigenous Taíno people and the importation of ...

What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? Flag Day food for thought. June 14, 2013— -- intro: As holidays go, Flag Day doesn't get much respect. It doesn't get the fireworks of July 4 or the ...