Mississippi Flag Design Contest
By the associated press.
Mississippi flag design contest. Officials asked the public to submit design proposals for a new state flag on monday the first step in the process of adopting a new mississippi flag. Residents will vote on the new one which depicts the. One of five final designs for the new mississippi state flag flutters in the breeze outside the old capitol museum in jackson miss aug.
On june 30 mississippi governor tate reeves signed a bill from the state. Officials in mississippi have chosen a new design for the states flag to replace the former motif featuring the confederate battle emblem. Since lawmakers voted in late june to remove the old state flag the last in the nation featuring the confederate battle emblem mississippi has been without an official state flag.
Only two choices remain in mississippi flag design competition the commission to redesign the mississippi state flag met tuesday morning in jackson to narrow their previous five design finalists. House in mississippis 1st congressional district. The magnolia design has 21 stars with one representing the choctaws chickasaws and other tribes and the others representing mississippi as the 20th state.
Capitol employees remove the old state flag in jackson on wednesday july 1 2020. Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in november. Mississippi flag designs whittled down elvis has left the contest along with kermit.
Wjtv the mississippi department of archives and history mdah announced a commission is now accepting flag design submissions for a new state flag. In late june mississippi. Governor tate reeves signed.
The old design which was adopted in 1894 was the last us state flag to bear the emblem of the confederate battle flag. Published 631 am tuesday august 11 2020. Each of the final designs contains a single star made of diamond shapes to represent the native american people who lived in mississippi before others arrived.