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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, ... Symbol Date Image Flag: Flag of Mississippi: 2021 [3] Seal: Seal of Mississippi: 2014 [4]
Flags of Mississippi (1 C, 1 P) S. Official seals of places in Mississippi (75 F) W. White-tailed deer (11 P) Pages in category "Symbols of Mississippi"
"Flags from Mississippi" features 20 flags made of different fabrics, with some even made by hand. The largest flag in the exhibit is a focal point for visitors. It is the flag that flew over the ...
With a stroke of the governor’s pen, Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem — a symbol that’s widely condemned as racist. Republican Gov ...
In July 2014, Mississippi adopted a new seal, which is still in use today. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On January 31, 2014, purportedly to defend religious freedom , Mississippi's state senate voted to add the words, "In God We Trust" to the state seal and the change was unilaterally made effective on July 1, 2014.
Mississippi's flag had incorporated a version of the Confederate battle flag since 1894.
Media in category "Flags of cities in Mississippi" The following 115 files are in this category, out of 115 total. A. File:Flag of Adams County, Mississippi.png;