Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved a new state flag featuring a magnolia flower on Tuesday. The “New Magnolia” flag, which has a red, blue and gold design, will replace the state’s ...

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

The flag was adapted from the Republic of West Florida, a country located mostly in southern Mississippi, which only lasted for 78 days. The Magnolia ... soon launch a flag design committee ...

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 ...