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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]
English: The flag of the U.S. state of Mississippi - aspect ratio of 5:3. Designed in 2020 and adopted in 2021, the "New Magnolia" flag was selected by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi state flag in 2020.
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 ...
A new exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums offers an up-close look at some of the flags that have flown over the state. "Flags From Mississippi: Emblems Through Time" weaves the story of ...
More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. 1983 Little League World Series; 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi
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.
Republican former governor Phil Bryant on Thursday advocated replacing the Confederate symbol in the Mississippi state flag with another design.