(Left photo: Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images/Right photo: Mississippi Department of Archives and History) Mississippi on Tuesday voted to replace its state flag, which had been the last one in the U.S.
to include an image of the Confederate-themed battle flag.The new state flag will feature the magnolia flower and the phrase “In God We Trust." The flag was selected by a state commission in September to be put on the November ballot."This will be the new state flag of Mississippi.
Voters overwhelmingly approved it. This is a great day for the state as we move forward from a divisive emblem that now rests in the past," tweeted resident Sam Hall.The magnolia is in the center of the flag with 20 stars encircling it.