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by Thanh-Tâm Le' , 12 January 1999
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This city of 222,815 inhabitants was founded on May 22, 1772 (other
sources say 1771). The white and blue represent the waters of the
Río Bayamón [Ri'o Bayamo'n] and remind us that the first
hydraulic mill in Puerto Rico was built along this river. The
cross refers to the one on the CoA, the Calvary Cross [Cruz de
Calvario], itself representing the Holy Cross to be found in the
municipality's first church. On March 29, 1977, the Municipal
Assembly of Bayamón officially approved the flag and corrected
the errors which existed on the the CoA fo llowing the Resolution
No. 59 dated April 8, 1971. [Whether the errors followed the
resolution or the corrections were brought by it is unclear...]
The current flag of Bayamón, the official white field of Bayamón,
was embroidered by Mrs. Gloria M. León.
Thanh-Tâm Le' , 12 January 1999