Flag of Mississippi

U.S. state flag

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The flag of the U.
Its design consists of a white magnolia blossom surrounded by 21 stars and the words "In God We Trust" written below, all put over a blue Canadian pale with two vertical gold borders on a red field.
Native American tribes of .
The flag was designed by Rocky Vaughan, "with [the] support [of]" Sue Anna Joe, Kara Giles, and Dominique Pugh.
The bill required that "the design of the Confederate Battle Flag" not be included on the proposed design and the motto "In God We Trust" be included.

The flag of the U.S. state of Mississippi was adopted on January 11, 2021, replacing the previous design discontinued in 2020. Its design consists of a white magnolia blossom surrounded by 21 stars and the words "In God We Trust" written below, all put over a blue Canadian pale with two vertical gold borders on a red field. The topmost star, gold and composed of a pattern of five diamonds, "represents ... the ... Native American tribes of ... Mississippi"; the other 20 stars are white and "[represent] Mississippi as the twentieth state" of the U.S.

The flag was designed by Rocky Vaughan, "with [the] support [of]" Sue Anna Joe, Kara Giles, and Dominique Pugh. It was chosen by the "Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag", and was submitted for public vote as a ballot measure on November 3, 2020. The bill required that "the design of the Confederate Battle Flag" not be included on the proposed design and the motto "In God We Trust" be included. Voters were asked to "vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’" on the proposed flag; they were not given the option to vote to retain the old flag.

It is one of three U.S. state flags to feature the words "In God We Trust" (the U.S. national motto), with the other two being those of Florida and Georgia.