Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S. to include an image of the Confederate themed battle flag.

Mississippi is often referred to as “The Magnolia State.” In 1952, the state legislature designated the magnolia as the official state flower. Sue Anna Joe wrote, “The magnolia is the ...

Voters chose to replace the 126-year-old design with the state flower. It may be just a magnolia, but for many Mississippians, it is a symbol of a long-awaited reckoning with their state's history ...

Mississippi is getting closer to picking a state flag that residents can vote on in November. The commission tasked with designing a new state flag selected five final options on Tuesday for the ...

Just like we have the American flag and individual U.S. state flags, states also have their own state flowers. (The national ...

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.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday ratified the new state flag, and Mississippi flew its new banner over the state Capitol for the first time, months after the state retired its decades-old ...

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The state of Mississippi is issuing a new drivers license design for citizens, featuring cultural and musical imagery as well as the state flag bearing a magnolia flower. According to a press ...