Mississippi Flag 2020
Heres how ms gulf coast voters decided on flag with without confederate emblem in biloxi gulfport.
Mississippi flag 2020. File this sept. Mississippi voted on a new state flag in 2020 election. Mississippi voted tuesday to replace its state flag which features the confederate stars and bars with a new flower centric design.
Mississippi has been without a flag since late june when legislators surrendered the last state banner in the us. Mississippis new state flag will feature the magnolia flower after the state in a historic move this summer parted with its decades old banner that included a confederate battle emblem. The first flag known as the magnolia flag was adopted in 1861 and consisted of a flag of white ground a magnolia tree in the centre a blue field in the upper left hand corner with a white star in the centre with a red border and a.
What flag did mississippi vote on. 2 2020 file photo shows the magnolia centered banner chosen by the mississippi state flag commission displayed outside the old state capitol museum in downtown jackson miss. With 67 percent of precincts in the state reporting the.
Full 2020 election results electoral college explained virus numbers by state air. At the election on november 3 2020 mississippi voters were shown a colored picture of the new proposed state flag named the in god we trust flag. State of mississippi voted to adopt the in god we trust flag as the official state flag of mississippi on november 3 2020 after the retirement of the previous version on june 30 2020.
Mississippi voters on tuesday will adopt or reject the in god we trust state flag. Lawmakers voted to remove the old mississippi state flag and its confederate battle emblem earlier this year. Voters approved the design in the general election on tuesday nov.
Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in november. Mississippi has had three official state flags in its history.