Mississippi Flag Submissions
Stickers of the old mississippi flag with the confederate battle emblem next to what voters have now accepted as the new flag with a.
Mississippi flag submissions. Commission members will then rank their top ten choices. The nine member commission to redesign the mississippi state flag will now each choose 25 of their favorite submissions by friday narrowing the potential field to a maximum of 225 entries. 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.
Mississippi releases more than 2000 submissions for new state flag mississippi is first state to lift mask mandate as covid cases fall houston chef chris shepherds southern smoke has raised. The commission to redesign the mississippi state flag has received nearly 3000 submissions that meet the legislative criteria. With a state commission ultimately choosing the new magnolia from among 3000 submissions.
Open this link to view the submissions. The commissioners will each choose twenty five flags by august 7 narrowing the entries to a maximum of 225. The public can view the submissions by going to the mississippi department of archives historys mdah website.
Mississippis flag had incorporated a version of the confederate battle flag since 1894. Heres how mississippis flag commission plans to narrow down more than 1000 submissions the flag submission with the biggest marketing campaign so far may be the great. The nine member commission tasked with choosing one design for the new mississippi state flag announced 147 finalists on monday after viewing nearly 3000 submissions.
View the flags here. The commission tasked with designing a new state flag selected five final options on tuesday for. Several of the finalists selected by the state flag commission.
Timeline for new flag. Cnn mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in november. 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.
There were nearly 3000 submissions for the new design.