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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. [1] [4]
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History invited the public to submit designs for a new state flag on July 13. [94] In accordance with the rules imposed by House Bill 1796, designs would only be accepted if they contained the words "In God We Trust" and not include the Confederate battle flag.
Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday.
The motto of the United States itself is In God We Trust, proclaimed by Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. [1] The motto " E pluribus unum " ( Latin for 'out of many, one') was approved for use on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782, but was never adopted as the national motto through ...
This is true of the phrase “In God We Trust,” which is meant to relay reliance on a higher being, particularly in times of crisis, like the Civil War. Our country’s history includes hundreds ...
Phillip Austin Gandy was born on August 28, 1950, in Hickory, Mississippi. [1] [2] He was the son of farmer Sam Gandy and Vera Estelle (Purvis) Gandy, and had one brother and three sisters. [3] [2] Gandy graduated from Hickory High School. [4] He then graduated from East Central Mississippi Community College and Southeastern Baptist College. [4]
The 2020 Mississippi flag referendum was a legislatively referred state statute appearing on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot in Mississippi.Voters were asked whether the design proposed by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag, which does not contain the Confederate battle flag and includes the words "In God We Trust", should be adopted as the new official flag of ...
No one can bar a Texas teacher from displaying an “In God We Trust” sign donated to his or her classroom, according to a new state law. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill in a 27-second video ...