The National Flag of Grenada was designed as a emblem of the nation:

The Color Red: Represents fervor, courage, vitality, and burning aspiration. The red border represents dedication to preserve harmony and unity of spirit.

The Color Green: Symbolizes fertility of the land, lush vegetation and agriculture.

The Color Gold/Yellow: Gold is the color of wisdom; the warm sunshine and people of Grenada, the islands in the sun.

The Nutmeg: Represents the economic crop of Grenada, and Grenada as the Isle of Spice. Note that the core of the nutmeg in the official National Flag is the color orange, not black. The nutmeg is within the left side green triangle on the flag.

Six of the [7] Gold Stars stand for the six parishes of Grenada, listed below in alphabetical order:

1. St. Andrew
2. St. David
3. St. George
4. St. John
5. St. Mark
6. St. Patrick

Symbolic representation, in the Grenadian National Flag, of the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique has a presence only if you conclude that the seven stars, in all, count 6 parishes and Carriacou/Petite Martinique. Historically, the center star represented the capital city, St. George's.

One possible way for clarify and define all locations of Grenada would be that four stars on top and four stars on the bottom would be changed to include not only the 6 parishes, plus one additional star for Carriacou and another additional star for Petite Martinique. The central gold star could be symbolic of the unity of the nation.

The flag was designed during Gairy-time. A symbol of the Grenada United Labour Party [GULP], Gairy's party, was the star; thus, the prevalence of stars. Reports are that designer Anthony George said his original design contained only one star in the middle, but the Flag Committee wanted the six additional stars added, following the request of Sir Eric.

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