On Tuesday, Mississippi’s new state flag was raised over its Capitol, bearing a large magnolia blossom for the Mississippi state flower, 20 stars signifying its history as the 20th state in the union, and an old five-point star, representing the original Native American tribes indigenous to the state. It also keeps the words from the previous iteration: “In God We Trust.” *** Amid nationwide protests against racial injustice, the state legislature passed a bill on June 28 to retire the old state

On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation’s twentieth state. To celebrate the approaching bicentennial, the first US flag to include the new state and Mississippi’s first constitution are on display at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. We are excited to have these symbols of statehood tour here in Columbia, MS on February 3 and 4th. There is no substitute for the firsthand connection to history these artifacts give us here. The state of Mississippi was founded upon the 1817 constituti

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