Barbados.

Official Symbols and Emblems of Barbados The national flag is composed of three vertical panels -- the outer of ultramarine (for the sea and sky of Barbados) and the center of gold (for the sand of Barbados' beaches). The symbol in the center panel is the Trident of Neptune; the shaft is broken to symbolize Barbados' break with its historical and constitutional ties as a colony.

Errol Walton Barrow led Barbados from being a British colony to an independent nation, and then served as the first Prime Minister of an independent Barbados from 1966 to 1987. During his tenure he instituted a massive program of public works and got his nation admitted into the Organization of American States.

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American History.--West Indies.

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