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Before 1861, Mississippi lacked a flag. When the State Convention at the Capitol in Jackson declared its secession from the United States ("the Union") on January 9, 1861, [19] 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, [20] and one was raised over the state capitol building in ...
The following is a list of state symbols of the U.S. state of Mississippi, ... Magnolia: 1900 [6] Tree: Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 1952 [6] Fruit ...
Symbols of Mississippi; Nickname: The Magnolia State: Motto: Virtute et armis transl. By Valor and Arms: Flower: Magnolia Magnolia: ... Other: Mississippi Symbols for ...
The Mississippi Secretary of State is worried a series of court rulings could nullify provisions of the state Tidelands Act. How a Spanish land grant from the 1700s is affecting present-day ...
The book was well received among Catholic schools in Mississippi. Their textbook told stories previously unheard in Mississippi public school history classes — for example, of life in the early ...
The White House is dropping the hammer on coal-generated energy in the United States. New regulations will be costly to the industry, but according to companies in Mississippi, the Magnolia state ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For the river, see Mississippi River. For other uses, see Mississippi (disambiguation). State in the United States Mississippi State Flag Seal Nickname(s): "The Magnolia State" and "The Hospitality State" Motto(s): Virtute et armis (Latin ...
By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States , which constituted the largest slaveholding states in the nation.