pennant
Dublin Core
Title
pennant
Description
a) Red and black fabric pennant, red stitching, with white painted text "1st Aniversario 1980 FSLN."
b) Red fabric pennant, blue stitching, with white star and text "FMLN El Salvador."
FSLN, or the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Sandinistas), was the left-wing Marxist revolutionary party that took control of Nicaragua in 1979. FMLN was a similar political party founded in El Salvador in 1980. These pennants were brought from Nicaragua by Sr. Alicia Ramirez, SL, who lived in Nicaragua 1976-1977 for the Loretto Third World Experience and returned as a nurse, 1980-1984.
b) Red fabric pennant, blue stitching, with white star and text "FMLN El Salvador."
FSLN, or the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Sandinistas), was the left-wing Marxist revolutionary party that took control of Nicaragua in 1979. FMLN was a similar political party founded in El Salvador in 1980. These pennants were brought from Nicaragua by Sr. Alicia Ramirez, SL, who lived in Nicaragua 1976-1977 for the Loretto Third World Experience and returned as a nurse, 1980-1984.
Date
1980s
Format
30" x 15"
Type
Textiles
Identifier
2023.006.007a-b
Files
Citation
“pennant,” Loretto Heritage Center Artifacts, accessed May 15, 2024, https://lorettoheritagecenter.omeka.net/items/show/2366.