The new state flag features a magnolia flower, a symbol of hospitality, surrounded by 20 stars, signifying Mississippi’s status as the 20th state in the union, and a gold five-point star to ...

Mississippi’s new state flag will feature the magnolia flower after the state in a historic move this summer parted with its decades-old banner that included a Confederate battle emblem.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Flag Commission made its choice for a new state flag. The flag commission voted 8-1 to choose the New Magnolia flag over the Great River flag. The ...

The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag voted 8 to 1 for “The New Magnolia" flag over another design, the "Great River" flag, according to the Associated Press.

Voters in Mississippi gave approval to a new state flag that bears the image of a magnolia flower rather than a Confederate battle emblem. Sixty-eight percent of Mississippi voters approved of the ...

Mississippi voters will decide whether to accept a new state flag with a magnolia to replace an old one legislators retired under pressure because it included the Confederate battle emblem that ...

The new state flag for Mississippi, foreground, is raised and joins other state flags along Freedom Way at Liberty State Park in Jersey City during a ceremony on Friday, April 23, 2021.

The new Mississippi state flag has become official. Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill into law Monday, which adopts the new flag with a magnolia and the phrase "In God We Trust." The new flag replaces a ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - On July 1, 2020, the old state flag flew for the final time above the Mississippi State Capitol.

Mississippi’s current flag was introduced in 1894, around the same time Alabama and Florida introduced flags that were similarly reminiscent of the Confederate battle emblem.

Voters in Mississippi gave approval to a new state flag that bears the image of a magnolia flower rather than a Confederate battle emblem. Sixty-eight percent of Mississippi voters approved of the ...