Wrapping Up the Flag
And so in the fullness of time the esteemed Governor of the Great Sovereign State of Mississippi, Tate ("Tater Tot") Reeves signed the bill authorizing the new state flag. Thus, the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia has been permanently removed from the state banner. Whoopie do. "In God We Trust" is included, because the enabling legislation required that in the "winning" design. According to what I've read, the gold star at the top represents the five Native American tribes that originally lived here. As an aside, there was a brief news bite on the local TV station last night showing the COVID vaccination site at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. The new flag was shown, proudly upside down! So on January 11, 2021, the new flag was raised over the state capitol. Various politicians declared this a symbol of unity. And of course, this was especially weird coming on the heels of the invasion of the U.S. Capitol building by knucklehead flaunting