# Mississippi state flag **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 21, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161 "2019-01-21T18:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/1 "2019-01-21T18:52:58Z")
Ms is the last state to still have the Confed battle flag as part of its flag. Laurin Stennis, artist and granddaughter of prominent segregationist politician, has designed a new flag for the state and it is getting alot of attention. [It’s a good looking flag!](https://www.stennisflagflyers.com/the-stennis-flag.html) I’m not from MS, but I hope it becomes official. In the mean time, thousands across the state have already accepted it as their new flag, [including a judge in his courtroom](https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/10/25/mississippi-judge-replaces-state-flag-stennis-flag/1761427002/). [Here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-new-mississippi-flag-has-a-surprising-champion-a-segregationists-grandchild/2019/01/20/ce375fe0-19b5-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?utm_term=.22514c814f30) is a Washington post article that gives a good acct, for those of you who can read it. mc ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/2 "2019-01-21T21:35:22Z")
I can agree that it’s a better looking flag than the current MS state flag and I think it would be good for the state to drop the baggage associated with the current flag. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/3 "2019-01-21T21:48:28Z")
That’s a pretty good flag. It has a lot of good design choices: - Very few colors - No words and hard-to-draw shapes - Unique among state flags - Borrows USA colors and star imagery ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/4 "2019-01-21T23:17:18Z")
Not bad, a bit generic, but better than any of the state flags that are just the state seal slapped onto a rectangular background. But what matters is \*who \*is proposing it, and _why_, not what it is. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/5 "2019-01-22T12:27:58Z")
Did someone call for Steve Earle? 😃 I hope Mississippi does change their flag, and so does Steve. “Mississippi It’s Time” [Steve Earle -- "Mississippi, It's Time" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_mzTGUomg) ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/6 "2019-01-22T15:32:47Z")
That’s a nice looking flag. I would support the change, but I don’t live in MS. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/7 "2019-01-22T15:56:26Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > . . . but better than any of the state flags that are just the state seal slapped onto a rectangular background. . . Hey. . .What’s wrong with a bald eagle - perched on a rock (emblazoned with the dates 1868 and 1818, the years the Great Seal was adopted and statehood achieved respectively) in a field with the sun rising over a nearby body of water - carrying a shield (with 13 stars and 13 stripes) and an olive branch in its talons, and a banner with the state motto ( “State Sovereignty, National Union.”) in its beak? It’s informative mc ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/8 "2019-01-22T17:16:57Z")
It still looks a bit busy but as long as it is symbolic of succession, it’s will prove unworkable. And I can’t tell you how much I agree with the poster about lazy state flags that just slap a state seal on a flag and call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/9 "2019-01-29T12:42:30Z")
The only problem I see is that they mention part of the symbolism being celebrating their secession. They say the star is an intentional inversion of the Bonnie Blue. There’s less talk about that one than the Rebel flag, but it still has people saying it represents racism and slavery. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mississippi-state-flag/828161/10 "2019-01-29T12:47:33Z")
Exactly, an inversion. It recognizes the secession without celebrating it.