But it wasn’t long before the Mississippi Department of Archive and History swatted it down. The Mosquito Flag had been selected accidentally. 'I want to see college football in the fall ...

The first round: Mississippi releases more than 2,000 submissions for new state flag Zapped! Agency swats down prospect of mosquito flag for Mississippi “I’m a sucker for underdog stories ...

A mosquito on a state flag? That's not gonna fly -- right? Because of a typo, residents of Mississippi nearly had a giant mosquito as a choice for the state’s new flag. Nearly 3,000 residents ...

A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag – a design that went viral on social media – said he created it as a joke. Thomas Rosete, a deckhand ...

Mississippi officials zapped the idea of the next state flag featuring a huge mosquito — saying the blood-sucking insect design was included in the final selections by mistake. A nine-member ...

Mississippi resident Thomas Rosete told the Clarion Ledger that he designed and submitted the mosquito flag as a joke on a coworker who didn’t want the flag changed. Rosete works as a deckhand ...

The final designs were selected out of about 3,000 proposals submitted to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for consideration. Zapped! Agency swats down mosquito flag for ...

But move on to what? As of Wednesday, we know at least one option that can be ruled out: the Great Mosquito flag. The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag is in charge of the ...

JACKSON, Miss. – A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag, a design that went viral on social media, said he created it as a joke. Thomas Rosete ...

(CBS) — A Mississippi man who submitted a proposal to place a giant mosquito on the new state flag – a design that went viral on social media – said he created it as a joke. Thomas Rosete ...