Flag Of Mississippi

History first flag 1861 1865 before 1861 mississippi lacked a flag.

Flag of mississippi. On june 30 mississippi governor tate reeves signed a bill from the state. Flags of the united states 1776 1861 1865 to date that part of mississippi which was never in british west florida came under the grand union flag of 1776 and under the betsy ross flag of 1777 but the other part of mississippi roughly the southern third had as its first american flag the fifteen stars and stripes of 1795 1818. The old design which was adopted in 1894 was the last us state flag to bear the emblem of the confederate battle flag. Mississippi state flag 1894 1995.

The flag illustrated here is only one variant of the mississippi state flag that existed between 1894 and 1995. Four live in mississippi and one is a mississippi native living in san francisco. There were literally dozens of variants of the. The magnolia flag has the state flower on a dark blue background with red bars on either end.

A mississippi commission on wednesday selected the final design proposal to replace the state s current flag after the legislature voted to retire it earlier this summer because of its inclusion. The flag with the shield nicknamed the great river flag is by graphic designer micah whitson who grew up in alabama graduated from the university of mississippi and now lives in boston. Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in november. Mississippi which has the country s highest percentage of black residents is the last state in the nation to have a flag that incorporates the confederate symbol.

The reason is simple. During this period the dimensions of the southern cross the size of the stars and their orientation were not standardized.