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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.

By Helen Holmes • 11/07/20 8:00am. Mississippi’s new state flag, featuring a central design by Sue Anna Joe. Mississippi may have come late to the party, but at least it got there in the end.

The nine-member flag commission on Tuesday modified three finalists slightly to include 21 stars in a circle — 20 representing Mississippi's position as the 20th state to join the Union, and one ...

In this April 25, 2020 photograph, a small Mississippi state flag is held by a participant during a drive-by "re-open Mississippi" protest past the Governor's Mansion, in the background, in ...

Mississippi voted Tuesday to replace its state flag — which features the Confederate stars and bars — with a new flower-centric design. With 67 percent of precincts in the state reporting, the ...

Should Mississippi redesign its state flag? It's a question sure to arise on the campaign trail in the coming weeks. But don't expect the leading candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to ...

A state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups in 2016 on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took the first steps toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol ...

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed the historic bill that takes the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem out of law. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag ...