History Of The Mississippi State Flag
The history of mississippi s state flag.
History of the mississippi state flag. Wlbt if you ve ever wondered what previous mississippi state flags looked like we found out. Meaning of the flag. Part of what is today the state of mississippi was included in the west florida republic which was proclaimed in 1810 by american settlers in opposition to spanish rule.
Mississippi flag history of mississippi flags. The flag features the national colors of the united states it also features the confederate battle flag which has 13 stars representing the 13 original colonies of the united states. Mississippi has had two official state flags in its history and a commission has been established to design a third.
Stone approved a state flag with three bars of blue white and red and a canton in the top left corner that contained the confederate battle flag. With permission from the mississippi department of archives and history we used images and information from an article by the late historian david sansing. On february 23 1894 the pascagoula democrat star in its state news boiled down section listed news from across the state alerting readers to items like public resignations and appointments legislative actions warnings of floods and new businesses situated between an announcement speculating that.
State flag consisting of a horizontally striped blue white red field background with the confederate battle flag in the canton. The removal of the flag marks the latest confederate. The banner was the last state flag with the confederate battle.
The mississippi state legislature voted on sunday to replace its state flag the last in the nation to display the confederate battle emblem. I see history of this country that was divided for a number of reasons and slavery was just. The flag of the united states is used in mississippi for official purposes and other symbols used to represent the state include a seal and.
Tate reeves signs bill to change the mississippi state flag i see history ricks said. The colors and the design of the state flag of mississippi are used to represent the state s heritage and history. While mississippi started.
The retired mississippi state flag is raised over the capitol grounds one final time in jackson miss wednesday july 1 2020. State of mississippi does not have an official state flag following the retirement of the most recent version on june 30 2020. The six coast counties came under the bonnie blue flag in 1810 when spanish west florida revolted and set up the independent republic of west florida which lasted officially for seventy four days before it became a part of the united states.
Their flag had a blue background with a single white star in the centre.
