The traditional Confederate battle flag never flew over Mississippi as a state flag during the Civil War. Mississippi's flag in that era featured a magnolia tree as its dominant symbol.

During a recent interview ... which symbolized white supremacy and Mississippi's glorification of the Civil War. Until 2021, the flag was the only state flag in the U.S. to incorporate the ...

A Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol honor guard folds the retired Mississippi state flag after it was raised over the Capitol grounds one final time in Jackson, Miss., on July 1, 2020. Vestiges of the ...