A magnolia may replace Confederate symbols on new Mississippi state flag

A condition commission picked the Magnolia Flag to be the following flag of Mississippi. Voters will choose in November no matter if to approve it or restart the process.

The fee voted Wednesday to recommend the flag in excess of 1 other final structure that showcased a shield with wavy lines representing drinking water.

The last models had been selected out of about 3,000 proposals submitted to the Mississippi Section of Archives and History for thing to consider.

The fee thought of holding a poll of registered voters to make your mind up in between the remaining two flags at Wednesday’s assembly, but Katie Blount, director of the Mississippi Office of Archives and Heritage, mentioned the secretary of condition told her the flag desired to be resolved by Sept. 2 to be printed on absentee ballots. 

This summer months, lawmakers voted to remove Mississippi’s preceding flag, which incorporates the Confederate struggle banner. That flag was adopted in 1894, virtually 3 decades after the conclude of the Civil War.

Under the regulations adopted by the Legislature, the up coming flag ought to not comprise the Accomplice banner and must use the words “In God We Believe in.”

Contributing: The Associated Push

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This write-up originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: New Mississippi point out flag: Magnolia Flag picked by fee