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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 ...
Map showing the flags of the 50 states of the United States, its five territories, and the capital district, Washington, D.C.. The flags of the U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as different styles and design principles.
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. [1] [2]
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 ...
Mississippi: 1861 1865 1894 1996 2001 2021 Mississippi: Missouri: 1913 Missouri: Montana: 1905 1981 Montana: Nebraska: 1963 Nebraska: Nevada: 1905 1915 1929 1991 Nevada: New Hampshire: 1909 1931 New Hampshire: New Jersey: 1896 New Jersey: New Mexico: 1915 1920 New Mexico: New York: 1778 1901 2020 New York: North Carolina: 1861 1885 1991 North ...
Mississippi's House and Senate voted in succession Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, with broad bipartisan support.
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 ...
The first Mississippian governmental seal was adopted on January 19, 1798, [1] when it was organized under the name of the Mississippi Territory. After it became a state in 1817, the same seal was designated as the state's seal the following year. In July 2014, Mississippi adopted a new seal, which is still in use today. [1] [2]