Nicaragua · Ocotal / 1980 · flag
Literacy flag, Nicaragua
A flag for a neighbourhood that can read
A flag used in Nicaragua’s 1980 National Literacy Crusade to mark a neighbourhood declared a “victorious territory” free of illiteracy.
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Nicaragua’s 1980 National Literacy Crusade sent young volunteers across the country to teach reading. A flag like this one was raised in a neighbourhood declared a “territorio victorioso de alfabetización”—a victorious territory of literacy. The flag turned a statistical goal into a public event. It also shows how a revolutionary state used everyday symbols to make its programme visible. The object does not tell us how well every participant could read afterwards; it tells us what the programme wanted a community to announce.
- Date
- 1980 · flag
- Maker / designer
- Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización; flag maker unknown
- Material
- Cloth flag
- Context
- A flag from the 1980 National Literacy Crusade; it marked a public claim, not a statistical proof.
Evidence: Date established · Place established
Historical record
- The flag is from Nicaragua’s 1980 National Literacy Crusade.
- It marked a neighbourhood declared a “victorious territory” free of illiteracy.
- The Commons file’s author is unknown.
