Magnolias, Beer & Football for Mississippi's New State Flag?

AUGUST 7, 2020


**  Magnolias, Beer Cans and Football:  Mississippi is designing new state flag.  (Since lawmakers decided for a new state flag back in June, there have been  nearly 3,000 submissions for a new one.  The new one can't have the Confederate battle flag and has to have the words "In God We Trust."  A nine-member commission will choose one and submit it to referendum  in November.  If voters choose not to take it, the process will start over.

Most of the submissions lean toward the state flower, the magnolia, but some have beer cans and there are a lot of football items as well.  Looking at the six proposals to the right of this, the 2nd and 5th are just an eyesore.  The 1st and 6th look too much like a Confederate flag.  The 3rd and 4th aren't very good.  However, of the six shown, the 1st and 6th are best with 6th being the better of the two.)

**  Fiscal Court votes to remove Confederate statue.  (Daviess County, Kentucky)

**  Madison County's paint-splattered Confederate  statue has no defenders Wednesday.  (Huntsville, Alabama.  BLM strikes again with another hate crime.)

**  Confederate monument  relocation could cost up to $200,000.  (Gaston, N.C.  Something to think about.  These costs should be paid by BLM and others who want the statue removed.  The cost should cover removal, repairs and cost of putting it up elsewhere.)

**  County officials could vote as early as Thursday on Confederate statue removal. (Albemarle County, Virginia.  Charlottesville.)

--Old Secesh