Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill on Tuesday to remove the Confederate emblem from the state’s flag — a historic ... in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865 to entrench slavery — they ...

which was adopted as the official state flag from 1861 to 1865, according to the Mississippi Historical Society. Removing the state flag from municipal buildings will also be proposed to officials ...

Mississippi has voted to redesign its flag to remove the Confederate battle emblem, making it the last US state to remove the ... to the abolition of slavery in 1865, emancipating millions of ...

From 1865 to 1894, Mississippi had no state flag. On Jan. 22 1894, Stone sent a written message to the legislature calling for a state flag. By Feb. 6, 1894, a joint legislative committee sent ...

The state’s flag has long contained an image of the Confederate battle flag, also known as the Southern Cross. Mississippi is the only one of the United States with a flag featuring the ...

was so emotional when he signed an order to remove the Mississippi state flag from his town that his ... They operated as a separate government from 1860-1865 when the Union defeated them in ...

The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate ...

Two Mississippi universities have removed the state flag, which features a Confederate emblem, from campus amid statewide debate over what to do with the controversial banner. Mississippi State ...

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi lawmakers voted to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag this weekend after fierce debate that Gov. Tate Reeves called "as divisive as the flag ...

(Reuters) - The Mississippi House of Representatives on Saturday voted to move ahead with a process that could result in the removal of a Confederate emblem from the state flag, according to media ...

JACKSON, Miss. – In Mississippi, the last state to display the Confederate battle emblem on its flag, some lawmakers want the divisive symbol removed, others want to punish public institutions ...