It was replaced with the Magnolia flag, which was adopted as Mississippi’s first official flag in 1861 when the state seceded from the United States to join the Confederacy. The Gulfport City ...

The Magnolia flag was Mississippi's first state flag, adopted in 1861 when the state joined the Confederacy. The flag, which was designed by committee, prominently featured the state tree.

A Republican candidate for attorney general said changing Mississippi's flag would help the Magnolia state focus on its future — not its past. The flag currently contains a Confederate battle ...

MORE: Mississippi lawmakers vote to change state ... are the different inscriptions and a swap of two colors. The 1861 flag featured a blue union on the left side and two equally sized bars ...

Mississippi’s current flag was introduced in 1894 ... by the about-to-secede Mississippi legislature, on January 9, 1861, and had an unfortunate second life as the Bonnie Blue; in that year ...

Mississippi's first official flag, adopted in 1861 - the Magnolia Flag. Mayor Hewes announced Sunday that the Magnolia Flag will now fly at Gulfport City Hall, just under the current state flag ...

YOU MAY REMEMBER MISSISSIPPI VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY DECIDED TO REMOVE THE CONTROVERSIAL STATE FLAG WHICH INCLUDES THE CONFEDERATE STARS ... the month when the American Civil War began in 1861.Lawmakers ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

It was replaced with the Magnolia flag, which was adopted as Mississippi’s first official flag in 1861 when the state seceded from the United States to join the Confederacy. The Gulfport City ...

The Confederate battle flag was replaced by a magnolia design with the words "In God We Trust." When a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and ...