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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 ...
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Mississippi state flag at the Old Courthouse, Vicksburg; Camera manufacturer: Canon: Camera model: Canon EOS 6D: Author: Kenneth C. Zirkel: Exposure time: 1/125 sec (0.008) F-number: f/9: ISO speed rating: 100: Date and time of data generation: 11:26, 15 October 2022: Lens focal length: 22 mm: Latitude: 32° 21′ 7.94″ N: Longitude: 90° 52 ...
It is the flag that flew over the state Capitol during Hurricane Katrina, which caused massive damage throughout the state on Aug. 29, 2005. Another, an original magnolia flag, was adopted in 1861 ...
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.
According to Clay Moss, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Vexillological Research Volunteer on June 21, 2015 at the Flags of the World website, this flag is likely a post-war flag used by United Confederate Veterans units, as it does not conform to the 1861 language describing adoption of a new secessionist flag: "A Flag of white ...
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 ...
Republican former governor Phil Bryant on Thursday advocated replacing the Confederate symbol in the Mississippi state flag with another design.