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The Habsburg forces, unable to sustain their advance, retreated back across the Sava, leaving the native population seriously exposed to Turkish reprisals. In 1691 Archbishop Arsenije III Crnojević of Peć led a migration of 30,000–40,000 Serbs from “Old Serbia” and southern Bosnia across the Danube and Sava.
Serbia used the red, blue and white tricolor as a national flag continuously from 1835 until 1918, when Serbia ceased to be a sovereign state after it joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later known as Yugoslavia, the tricolor was a used as a Serbian civil flag, from 1918 to 1945.
The Ottoman sultan officially recognized the Serbian flag in 1835 and also in 1869; the country became independent in 1878. In 1882 Serbia established a state flag consisting of the red-blue-white tricolour with the royal Serbian coat of arms.
On this day (July 28th) in 1918, upon the advice of his good friend Mihajlo Pupin, President Woodrow Wilson gave the order to fly the flag of Serbia over the White House. This was one of a number of acts that reflected the solidarity of Americans with the Serbian people who suffered so tremendously during the First World War.
The National Flag of Serbia was officially adopted on November 11, 2010. The National Anthem of Serbia features three equal horizontal stripes of the traditional Pan-Slavic colors - red (top), blue, and white. The coat of arms of Serbia is placed towards the hoist side of the flag.
Serbian Ambassador Mihailovic sends detailed report to the Serbian MFA on the Serbian Day in Washington, including the description of the Serbian flag being raised above the White House. The United States of America officially celebrated July 28, 1918 as “Serbia Day.”
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The Serbia national flag has a long and significant history. Its origins can be traced back to the early 19th century when it was adopted as a symbol of the Serbian state. Over the years, the flag has represented the aspirations for independence, the struggle for self-determination, and the preservation of Serbian identity.
