Mississippi state flag is lowered from the state Capitol Building during a ceremony in Jackson, ... More Mississippi, the United States, on July 1, 2020.

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.

A person waves a small Mississippi state flag while driving past the Governor's Mansion in Jackson in April 2020. Rogelio V. Solis / AP ...

Mississippi’s flag has included the Confederate emblem – a blue cross with 13 stars over a red background – since 1894. Critics of the state flag say it’s racist, while others believe it ...

The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag voted 8 to 1 for “The New Magnolia" flag over another design, the "Great River" flag, according to the Associated Press.

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag this weekend after fierce debate that Gov. Tate Reeves called "as divisive as the flag ...

Legislators adopted Mississippi's state flag and its the Confederate battle emblem in 1894, nearly three decades after the end of the Civil War. Mississippians voted nearly two-to-one in 2001 to ...

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced Monday that it is now accepting designs and ideas from the public for Mississippi's new state flag. The designs will be presented to a ...

The Confederate battle flag was added to the Mississippi state flag 29 years after the Civil War by a governor who fought in it. It was designed by Sen. E.N. Scudder whose daughter, ...

Mississippi’s current flag was introduced in 1894, around the same time Alabama and Florida introduced flags that were similarly reminiscent of the Confederate battle emblem.