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	Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817.
		Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861.
		Mississippi was considered to typify the Deep South during the era of Jim Crow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi (1795 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Flag of Mississippi from 1894-present The flag of Mississippi echoes the Confederate Stars and Bars flag and the Confederate battle flag.
		Mississippi is served by six Interstate highways A typical rural stretch of Interstate highway, with two lanes in each direction separated by a large grassy median, and with cross-traffic limited to overpasses and underpasses.
		Mississippi is best-known as the home of the blues, which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mississippi (8512 words)

	Mississippi (U.S.)
		The only non-fimbriated Mississippi flag I saw on the entire trip was in a display of all 50 state flags at the USS Alabama military and naval museum in Mobile, Alabama.
		Mississippi adopted a 13 striped flag (6 white, 7 red) with a white star in the blue canton on Jan. 13, 1861.
		When Mississippi's Ordinance of Secession was signed on 9 January 1861, it was marked by a ceremony in which the 'Bonnie Blue Flag' was raised over the capitol building in Jackson.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-ms.html (1116 words)

	History of Mississippi Flags
		This was the flag which Christopher Columbus had flown at his masthead when he discovered the New World, and it continued to be the flag of Spain for nearly two and a half centuries.
		LaSalle planted the white flag of the Bourbon kings of France at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682, and Iberville made the settlement at Ocean Springs under the same flag in 1699.
		That part of Mississippi which was never in British West Florida came under the Grand Union flag of 1776 and under the Betsy Ross flag of 1777, but the other part of Mississippi, roughly the southern third, had as its first American flag the fifteen stars and stripes of 1795-1818.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/flag/history.htm (832 words)

	Flags Over Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The committee’s recommendation for an official flag was: “A Flag of white ground, a Magnolia tree in the centre, a blue field in the upper left hand corner with a white star in the centre, the Flag to be finished with a red border and a red fringe at the extremity of the Flag.”
		Whether it was the flag by law or custom, the Mississippi state flag with its prominent display of the Beauregard battle flag eventually became a symbol that stirred the deep passions and the power of memory.
		As the battle flag was becoming increasingly associated with the advocates of white supremacy, historical organizations and southern heritage groups were unable to separate or distinguish the historical character of the battle flag or protect or insulate it from the political agenda of its modern bearers.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature2/flagsoverms.html (3171 words)

	Mississippi Keeps Flag With Confederate Emblem [Free Republic]
		With two-thirds of the ballots counted at 10:30 tonight, the vote in the statewide referendum was 66 percent in favor of the current flag and 34 percent in favor of a new flag design with a circle of white stars replacing the cross.
		Supporters of the new flag said they did not think today's vote would be the last effort to change the flag, although many believed it could be many years before Mississippi joined the rest of the South in putting aside the emblems of its Civil War passions.
		The campaign that was waged in favor of the new flag, however, deliberately shied from the issues of racial history surrounding the Confederacy, and focused instead almost entirely on the economic argument.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3add06b36e79.htm (1483 words)

	Mississippi State Flag - About the Mississippi State Flag, its adoption and history - The United States of America
		The new flag consists of a "union square" in the canton corner and a field divided into three bars of equal width; the top one blue, the middle bar white and the bottom bar, extending the entire width of the flag, red.
		The Confederate Battle Flag in the canton corner is referred to as the "union square." The thirteen white stars on the cross(saltire) are "...corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union;" rather than the thirteen states of the Confederate States of America.
		The field of the Mississippi flag consists of the same three bars of the the first Confederate flag, the Stars and Bars, but the top stripe is blue.
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/ms_flag.htm (864 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| Mississippi keeps Confederate flag
		Mississippi is the last US state to display prominently the Confederate emblem on its flag.
		But Mississippi was the first state to allow its voters to decide on the issue in a referendum.
		Voters had the option of replacing the current flag with a new flag showing concentric circles of 20 stars, representing the fact that Mississippi was the 20th state to join the US.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1282784.stm (607 words)

	On the Mississippi Flag
		It was one of the flags of a confederacy of slave-holding states.
		It was put into the Mississippi flag by the Constitutional Convention of 1890, the convention that rolled back Reconstruction and ensconced the white planters of the Delta in control of the state.
		The Mississippi psyche is a bundle of contradictory and irreconcilable beliefs, and the collective personality that is the result of these beliefs is exceedingly complex as well as dysfunctional.
	www.jacksonprogressive.com /issues/misspolitics/flag061001.html (752 words)

	Confederate Flags - Bonnie Blue flag
		By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after President Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisiana Territory.
		With this rebellion in mind, this flag was used by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1839.
		The Confederate government did not adopt this flag but the people did and the lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the southern States that adopted new flags in 1861.
	www.anyflag.com /history/bonnie.htm (269 words)

	Flag
		I salute the flag of Mississippi and the sovereign
		This U.S. flag also waved in 1817, as Mississippi was admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
		When the Sovereign Republic of Mississippi joined the Confederate States of America, on March 27, the short-lived Magnolia flag was replaced by the Confederacy's flag.
	www.its.state.ms.us /et/portal/MSFlags/flags.html (576 words)

	Mississippi Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The flag of Mississippi caused much controversy over the years because of its inclusion of the confederate flag in the upper left-hand corner.
		Although the Mississippi flag faced much controversy, the flag was officially adopted in 1894.
		The flags are expertly crafted using 100% heavyweight, 200 denier nylon bunting specially treated to resist sun and chemical deterioration.
	www.special-tplus.com /mississippi-flag.html (241 words)

	Mississippi Flag Proposal
		The Magnolia flag consists of a white star on a square canton of dark blue; centered in the fly area is a magnolia tree (Magnolia grandiflora) in dark green, with white flowers, upon a white field.
		The "Bonnie Blue Flag" was raised in Jackson upon Mississippi's secession from the Union on January 9, 1861.
		Although the historic Magnolia flag was proposed to the commission, and was discussed in its private and public sessions, the commission opted for a non-historic design which resembles the 1894 flag but without the Confederate battle emblem.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/flag (1107 words)

	Mississippi State Flag
		Nylon offers an affordable flag that is sturdy enough for outdoor use while our polyester II state flags are made with the most durable flagmaking materials on the market today.
		Mississippi was the 20th State admitted into the Union.
		Flag History: The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
	www.njflags.com /mistfl.html (295 words)

	State symbols
		Found in all sections of Mississippi, the cheerful Mockingbird was selected as the official State Bird by the Women's Federated Clubs and by the State Legislature in 1944.
		In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination and election by the school children of the State.
		Mississippi boasts more than a million acres of prime game habitat in 36 state wildlife management areas and National Wildlife Refuges open for public hunting, including marshy waterfowl havens.
	www.its.state.ms.us /et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm (474 words)

	Mississippi State Flag
		We stock the Mississippi State flag in 4x6 inch, 12x18 inch, 2ft x 3ft, 3ft x 5ft and 4ft x 6ft sizes in nylon and 3ft x 5ft in Superknit polyester.
		Mississippi state stick flag 4 inch x 6 inch, mounted on a 10 inch plastic stick.
		Mississippi state stick flag 12 x 18 inch, mounted on a 24 inch wooden stick.
	www.united-states-flag.com /state-mississippi.html (502 words)

	Mississippi
		In 2001, however, more acres of cotton were planted than soybeans, and Mississippi jumped to second in the nation in cotton production (exceeded only by Texas).
		Mississippi remains the world's leading producer of pond-raised catfish.
		On Aug. 29, 2005, Mississippi was hit by Hurricane Katrina, killing hundreds, mostly in Harrison County.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108232.html (298 words)

	Mississippi flag
		For outdoor (or indoor) display, this flag is made from 100% heavyweight nylon fabric specially treated to minimize sun and chemical deterioration.
		This single reverse flag is dyed and finished with strong canvas headings and brass grommets.
		The Confederacy is recalled not only in the Battle Flag, which forms the canton of the flag of Mississippi, but also in the tricolor fly, which suggests the Stars and Bars.
	www.flagandbanner.com /fab/productpage.asp?id=SMS610 (333 words)

	Attala County Ms American Local History Network - State Flag Controversy, Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mississippi Govenor Ronnie Musgrove set up a commission this spring (2000) to study the issue of the state flag of Mississippi which incorporates the Confederate battle flag in its design.
		The Mississippi legislature never enacted a law making the flag the official state flag and as a result, the Mississippi Supreme Court had earlier ruled that the flag had no official standing clearing the way for Govenor Musgrove to set up a commission to make a recommendation as to its design.
		The public can voice their opinions on the flag at any of the five public hearings to be held at various sites around the state.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ms/county/attala/stateflag2.htm (464 words)

	Mississippi American Civil War Map of State Battles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On May 1st,1863, a second design was adopted, placing the Battle Flag (also known as the "Southern Cross") as the canton on a white field.
		This flag was easily mistaken for a white flag of surrender especially when the air was calm and the flag hung limply.
		The Confederacy badly needed a victory because the stronghold at Vicksburg, Mississippi, was certain to fall to Union forces sometime soon.
	www.americancivilwar.com /statepic/ms.html (1272 words)

	Mississippi Flag
		An April 19 landslide ballot victory in Mississippi insures the preservation of the State's flag, featuring the Confederate (stars and bars) emblem, and is a clear indication that the opinion of the general public is NOT in step with the mass news media and its liberal political mentors.
		During the NAACP boycott of South Carolina, during the period from 1998 through 1999, the South Carolina Department of Revenue statistics show that a 9.6 percent increase in state Accommodation Taxes ensued.
		It is of my conviction, that the emblem displayed on the Mississippi state flag, or that of any other state, should not have become a “racial” issue in the first place.
	www.tpromo.com /jcfa/missflag.htm (270 words)

	United States Flags - Mississippi State Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Though Mississippi flew the flags of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, the Magnolia Flag actually remained the "official" Mississippi state flag for 33 years.
		This vote would determine whether the Mississippi state flag that had flown over Mississippi for 107 years would continue to fly over the state or whether a new design would be raised over the state capitol.
		The new Mississippi state flag design was similar to the 1894 design except that the canton corner color was changed from red to blue and the representation of the Confederate Battle Flag was replaced with 19 small white stars surrounding one large white star.
	www.cvsflags.com /viewState.cfm?stateCode=MS (633 words)

	Mississippi Flag Printout - EnchantedLearning.com
		The official state flag of Mississippi was adopted in 1894, replacing the older Magnolia Flag (which had been adopted in 1861, after Mississippi seceded from the union).
		Today's Mississippi state flag has a small Confederate Battle Flag in the upper left corner (it is also called the "union square").
		Mississippi was the 20th state in the USA; it was admitted in 1817.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /usa/flags/mississippi/mississippiflag.shtml (153 words)

	Mississippi State Bulldogs
		Our Mississippi State Bulldogs car flags are made of durable, knitted polyester and are double sided for longer life.
		Mississippi flag 3 x 5 feet nylon
		Mississippi flag 4 x 6 feet nylon
	www.united-states-flag.com /cfmsb.html (221 words)

	Mississippi State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
		See Mississippi with The Times - Get the inside track with travel tips, tales, and deals from The New York Times.
		a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
		Low, fertile delta between Yazoo and Mississippi rivers; loess bluffs streching around delta border; sandy gulf coastal terraces followed by piney woods and prairie; rugged high sandy hills in extream northeast, followed by fl prairie belt, Pontotoc Ridge, and flatwoods into the North central highlands.
	www.50states.com /mississi.htm (248 words)

	Mississippi State Flag - Nylon (4' x 6')
		This 4' x 6' Mississippi state flag is authentically reproduced with special attention to detail and durability.
		Each flag is available for outdoor use, made with a heavy polyester heading and two brass grommets
		Mississippi State Flag - Polyester II (3' x 5')
	www.njflags.com /mistflny4x7.html (215 words)

	Dick's Sporting Goods - Collegiate Flag Source Mississippi State Bulldogs House Flag
		Support your favorite college team with the "Big Dog" Mississippi State Bulldogs house flag from the Collegiate Flag Source.
		This brightly decorated sculptured team flag is 30-in x 46-in and has eyes sewn inside the pole hem so it can be flown on a rope from a vertical flagpole.
		The team name and logo were dyed to match the school specifications and are boldly displayed on this flag, so everyone will know where your loyalties lie.
	www.dickssportinggoods.com /sm-collegiate-flag-source-mississippi-state-bulldogs-house-flag--pi-1178098.html (167 words)

	►► Mississippi Rebels Sculptured Flag
		Special Offer: Get this flag for free when purchased with a TopFlight Telescoping flagpole ($31.95 discount applied to flagpole cost).
		This Mississippi Rebels sculptured flag is made of tightly-woven nylon, coated to reduce fraying.
		Flags have eyes sewn inside the pole hem so they can be used in your home horizontally or flown as a vertical flag.
	www.fansedge.com /ProductDetail.aspx?pfid=34-29299 (172 words)

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