BBC4y
Mississippi votes to strip Confederate emblem from state flag
The flag was originally used by the slave-owning states that lost the US Civil War (1861-65). On Sunday, the measure passed in both chambers of the Mississippi legislature: in the House of ...
WJTV Jackson on MSN12d
Events happening this weekend in Mississippi: November 1-3
Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on ...
ESPN1y
OTL: Ghosts of Mississippi
The flag waving grows frantic ... To be an African-American in this world isn't much different than it was in 1861, and the Mississippi of 1962 has been forming in earnest for 14 years, with ...
The New York Times6y
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.; The Flag of the Union Raised at Wyandotte --The Dangers Missouri will incur in Seceding.
1861. This has been a glorious day for Wyandotte. Three weeks ago to-day, just two miles below us and in plain sight of us, the Secessionists raised the black piratical flag of the Southern ...
WJTV Jackson on MSN1mon
Events happening this weekend in Mississippi: October 11-13
Highlights include an original Magnolia flag, adopted in 1861 as the first official flag of Mississippi, that has been saved ...
Courthouse News Service4y
Five Flag Designs Make Final Cut in Mississippi
Mississippi is one step closer to picking a new state flag after a commission on Tuesday advanced five final designs from the thousands of submissions received to replace the Confederate-themed flag ...
National Review4y
Mississippi Legislature May Have Votes to Remove Confederate Symbol from State Flag
“Supporters of a flag change worked through the night to secure the remaining votes necessary for a successful vote to change the state flag,” State Representative Robert Johnson III, a ...
Mississippi State University3d
Local Boy Scout contributes U.S. flag retirement box at MSU’s Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans
Pictured at the dedication of a new U.S. flag retirement box at Mississippi State’s G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for ...
WJTV Jackson on MSN19d
Events happening this weekend in Mississippi: October 25-27
Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend. Below you’ll find a list of some fun events going on ...
The New York Times11d
OPERATIONS OF THE GULF FLEET. THE PRIZE CAPTURES IN THE GULF REPORT OF COM. ALDEN.; THE AFFAIR AT SHIP ISLAND.
ANDERSON HICK, of Mississippi ... Commander. To Flag-Officer WM. W. MCKEAN. U.S. STEAMER MASSACHUSETTS, At Ship Island Passage, Sept. 20, 1861. SIR: I have to inform you that at 7 o'clock on ...
StrategyPage3y
Book Review: Defending the Arteries of Rebellion: Confederate Naval Operations in the Mississippi River Valley, 1861-1865
He proposed what was quickly called ”the Anaconda Plan”, to blockade the South, seize its coastal areas, and then send armies into its interior using the Mississippi and other great rivers. Although ...
Mississippi State University1y
All aboard: Registration open for MSU’s Winter Express
As part of the university’s Veterans Day observance, Mississippi State today [Nov. 11] dedicated a new U.S. flag retirement box at its G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans at Nusz ...