Mississippi selects its final five designs for new state flag
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 public to weigh in on after the state decided earlier this year to remove the Confederate emblem from their flag.
All the five options feature the words, "In God, We Trust" -- a requisite from the state legislature.
And each design includes a yellow diamond-shaped star to reflect Mississippi's Native American history and culture. The tribal chief of Mississippi's Choctaw Indians, Cyrus Ben, who is on the flag commission, previously said that the symbol is significant to his tribe, seen in clothing, bead work and basket designs, and represents the eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake.
The five flags have been posted on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History's website for the public to vote on. They're expected to select the final flag on September 2 to submit to Gov. Tate Reeves and the Mississippi Legislature. "The main thing is that everybody, the public, needs to know that this is a choice they will have on the November ballot," Blount told CNN.
Mississippi retired its state flag in June, which had been the last US state flag to feature the Confederate battle flag.
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