Mississippi State Flag
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Mississippi state flag. With 67 percent of precincts in the state reporting the. The flag is unique as it is sole remaining state flag to bear the confederate battle flags saltire in the upper left corner. The current mississippi state flag was first adopted in 1894 but was repealed in 1906 and later reinstated in april 2011.
The remainder of the flag is occupied by 3 stripes in red white and blue. Mississippi has been without a flag since late june when legislators surrendered the last state banner in the us. Three of the flags feature a magnolia flower mississippis state flower in the center.
The red bands at each end of the flag symbolize hardiness and valor the flags gold stripes and magnolia flowers gold stamen are a nod to the rich cultural history of mississippi. When the state convention at the capitol in jackson declared its secession from the united states union on january 9 1861 near the start of the american civil war spectators in the balcony handed a bonnie blue flag down to the state convention delegates on the convention floor and one was raised over the state. On each of those flags the flower is surrounded by a circle of stars to signify mississippis status as.
The new flag features a magnolia blossom surrounded by 20 stars signifying mississippis status at the 20th state in the union and a gold five point star to reflect mississippis indigenous. The confederate battle flag and its inclusion within the design of mississippis state flag was an effort to unify white political economic and social divisions in the state at a time when political schisms threatened to destroy the democratic coalition that prevailed in mississippi during 1875 and effectively ended reconstruction in the state. History first flag 18611865 before 1861 mississippi lacked a flag.