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Great River flag. Designer: Micah Whitson; The design features a shield based on the 1798 seal of the Mississippi Territory below a five-point star on a blue banner.

One of five final designs for the new Mississippi state flag flutters in the breeze, outside the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss., Aug. 25, 2020, in Jackson, Miss.

JACKSON, Miss — A commission working on a new Mississippi flag has narrowed the choices to two designs. One has a shield. The other has a magnolia blossom on a dark blue background ...

JACKSON, Miss. - As Mississippi replaces its former flag that had the Confederate battle emblem, five proposals were literally run up a flagpole Tuesday. A group then narrowed the choice to two ...