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It replaces a confederate themed flag state lawmakers retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.
Mississippi flag old. A vote to adopt the new magnolia designed by. Flags of the united states 1776 1861 1865 to date. The magnolia flag was the only design on the general election ballot and.
2 2020 by the mississippi state flag commission flies outside the old state capitol museum in downtown jackson miss. But all of the states public universities and many local governments had stopped flying it. Tate reeves who advocated for the public referendum said removing or changing the old flag would not end longstanding divides.
Mississippi has had two official state flags in its history and a commission has been established to design a third. State of mississippi currently does not have an official state flag following the retirement of the most recent version on june 30 2020. This will be the new state flag of mississippi.
Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase in god we trust with voters approving the design tuesday. That part of mississippi which was never in british west florida came under the grand union flag of 1776 and under the betsy ross flag of 1777 but the other part of mississippi roughly the southern third had as its first american flag the fifteen stars and stripes of 1795 1818. Despite the state flying a new controversy free flag mississippi gov.
Voters in mississippi have chosen a new state flag replacing a 126 year old banner that incorporated a version of the confederate battle flag. Mississippi voters approve a new state flag over old confederate banner expect an executive order from donnie forbidden mississippi from making such a change. This is a great day for the state as we move forward from a divisive emblem that now rests in the past.
The magnolia flower centered banner chosen wednesday sept.