FL H8101

Designates May 18, 2025, as "Haitian Flag Day" in Florida to recognize the Haitian and Haitian-American communities and their cultural contributions

Commemorates Haiti's independence from France on January 1, 1804, making it the first nation created from a successful slave rebellion and the first postcolonial independent nation led by blacks

Honors the Haitian flag's creation by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who cut the white from the French tricolor at the May 1803 Arcahaie conference, with Catherine Flon sewing the remaining blue and red strips together

Notes that approximately 1.2 million persons of Haitian descent reside in the United States, with more than 235,000 Haitian Americans living in southern Florida