Celebrating 200 oppressive years, most inportantly the last 15 ones, during
which blanklet dehumanizing poverty has too caused tens of thousands of Haitians to
succumb - May 18, 2003 |
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| Supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Cabaret, Haiti,
wave Haitian flags at the presidential motorcade as it returns to the capital after a
ceremony commemorating Haitian flag day in Arcahaie on Sunday, May 18, 2003. Two hundred
years ago in Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the revolutionary army led by General
Jean-Jacques Dessalines ripped the white section out of the French flag and baptized the
blue and red Haitian flag during the final months of the slave rebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| Haitian flags flutter in the breeze in Arcahaie, Haiti, on Sunday, May
18, 2003 during a commemoration of Flag Day organized by the Jean-Bertrand Aristide
government. Two hundred years ago in Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the
revolutionary army led by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines ripped the white section out of
the French flag and baptized the blue and red Haitian flag during the final months of the
slave rebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife Mildred Aristide,
to his right, walk past saluting police officers as they prepare to raise the Haitian flag
in Arcahaie, Haiti, on Haitian Flag Day, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Two hundred years ago in
Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the revolutionary army led by General Jean-Jacques
Dessalines ripped the white section out of the French flag and baptized the blue and red
Haitian flag during the final months of the slave rebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife Mildred Aristide,
to his right, walk past National Palace secret servicemen and police officers as they
prepare to raise the Haitian flag in Arcahaie, Haiti, on Haitian Flag Day, Sunday, May 18,
2003. Two hundred years ago in Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the revolutionary
army led by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines ripped the white section out of the French
flag and baptized the blue and red Haitian flag during the final months of the
slaverebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Supporters Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Cabaret, Haiti,
wave Haitian flags at the presidential motorcade as it returns to the capital under
heliocopter escort after a ceremony commemorating Haitian flag day in Arcahaie on Sunday,
May 18, 2003. Two hundred years ago in Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the
revolutionary army led by General Jean-Jacques Dessalines ripped the white section out of
the French flag and baptized the blue and red Haitian flag during the final months of the
slave rebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, right, and his wife Mildred
Aristide, next to him, raise the Haitian flag under the gaze of a police officer in
Arcahaie, Haiti, on Haitian Flag Day, Sunday, May 18, 2003. Two hundred years ago in
Arcahaie, on May 18, 1803, members of the revolutionary army led by General Jean-Jacques
Dessalines ripped the white section out of the French flag and baptized the blue and red
Haitian flag during the final months of the slave rebellion. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Tyrant Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in white suit, standing, addressing
Haitians on Haitian Flag Day, Sunday, May 18, 2003. |
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| The offices of the Haitian democratic opposition, or Convergence
Démocratique, on Haitian Flag Day, Sunday, May 18, 2003. |
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