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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]
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]
Pages in category "Symbols of Mississippi" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... List of Mississippi state symbols; A. American alligator ...
Mississippi's House and Senate voted in succession Sunday to remove the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, with broad bipartisan support.
The coat of arms of Mississippi has been in use since 2001. Even though the design was made official by the 1894 Mississippi Legislature, the law was not included in the Mississippi Code Revision in 1906. In May 2000 the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the state of Mississippi did not have an official coat of arms. [3]
Mississippi Democrats have filed bills to remove Confederate symbols from the state capitol and Washington D.C. Confederate symbols removal pushed by Mississippi Democrats in State Capitol ...
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 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 ...
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