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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, as defined by state statutes in Title 1, Section 3 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and listed in the Mississippi Official & Statistical Register.
Media in category "Flags of cities in Mississippi" The following 108 files are in this category, out of 108 total. Flag of Algoma, Mississippi.png 360 × 216; 17 KB
"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 ...
Flag of Mississippi This page was last edited on 20 May 2019, at 23:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 ...
A new Mississippi state flag design was chosen on Wednesday, two months after state legislators voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem. An appointed state commission voted Wednesday 8 to 1 ...
The following table displays the official flag, seal, and coat of arms of the 50 states, of the federal district, the 5 inhabited territories, and the federal government of the United States of America.
The flag features a white magnolia blossom, which is the Mississippi's state flower. The 20 stars, represent Mississippi’s admission to the Union as the 20th state.