Mississippi flag: Gov. Reeves to sign bill taking down state flag with ceremony at mansion
Source: Clarion-Ledger
Gov. Tate Reeves will sign a bill Tuesday at 5 p.m. that mandates the removal of the state flag Mississippi, according to a press release.
Mississippi is the only state whose flag contains the Confederate battle flag. Lawmakers adopted it nearly three decades after the Civil War.
Reeves had long refused to take a position on the flag, which the Legislature adopted in 1894. Nearly two-thirds of voters reaffirmed the flag in a 2001 referendum, and Reeves has repeatedly pointed to this referendum, saying only voters can decide to take the flag down.
Lawmakers voted Sunday to retire the state flag that contains the Confederate emblem.
He softened the stance a week ago, then announced on Saturday morning that the issue had grown too divisive and that he would sign whatever flag bill lawmakers passed.
Read more: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/30/mississippi-state-flag-gov-reeves-signs-bill-mandates-confederate-flag-removal/3279251001/
Botany
(70,567 posts)Aristus
(66,446 posts)He evidently thought: "Eh, the boots are already black. Why bother?"
Maeve
(42,287 posts)There was one from 2001, there is the "Hospitality flag" and there is the Bicentennial design--or will they choose a new one?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I like this design. But I'd read somewhere they want to include "IN GOD WE TRUST" on it... ugh.
cab67
(3,002 posts)Just curious.
I suspect it's related to Mississippi being the 20th state admitted to the union, but I could be wrong.