Flag Of Mississippi 2020

Mississippi voters will decide.

Flag of mississippi 2020. 18 2020 shows one of the five designs chosen by the mississippi state flag commission to replace. By emily wagster pettus the associated press. 2 2020 timer 4 min. State of mississippi currently does not have an official state flag following the retirement of the most recent version on june 30 2020.

Mississippi voters in november will adopt or reject a new state flag with a magnolia blossom instead of a confederate battle emblem now officially named the in god we trust flag an appointed commission tasked with finding a replacement for the 1894 confederate themed flag on wednesday made. One of five final designs for the new mississippi state flag flutters in the breeze outside the old capitol museum in jackson miss aug. On august 14 2020 the commission to redesign the mississippi state flag narrowed down the number of. 25 2020 in jackson miss.

25 2020 in jackson miss. In late june mississippi legislators voted to retire the last state flag to include the confederate battle emblem which is broadly condemned as racist. By august 7 2020 the nine commissioners of the commission to redesign the mississippi state flag each needed to choose 25 flags to advance to the second round. If voters reject the new flag design yet another design will be developed and voted on in november of a later year.

The law abolishing mississippi s flag says the state government must create a commission to design a new flag with the new design to be put to voters in a referendum on november 3 2020. One of five final designs for the new mississippi state flag flutters in the breeze outside the old capitol museum in jackson miss aug. Nearly 2 700 public proposals to replace mississippi s state flag have been released online including some that feature beer cans elvis presley and kermit the frog. Mississippi has had two official state flags in its history and a commission has been established to design a third.

Commission meetings and flag selection. The law specifies that the new flag design may not include the confederate emblem and. The flag of the united states is used in mississippi for official purposes and other symbols used to represent the state include a. This image made available by the mississippi department of archives and history on tuesday aug.

Mississippi flag as of june 1 2020.