People in Mississippi have voted to replace the state's official flag, which incorporated the Confederate battle emblem, with a design that has a magnolia blossom in its centre.
Designed by Rocky Vaughan, with support from Sue Anna Joe, Kara Giles and Dominique Pugh, the new flag is called In God We Trust.
Flag chosen from 3,000 submissions
It replaces the state's previous flag, which was retired in June 2020 following increased pressure to remove Confederate symbols from official places after the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody.
Mississippi was the only US state that was still using the Confederate emblem in its flag, which had been in use since 1894, after Georgia removed the symbol from its flag in 2003.
Top: the new In God We Trust flag. Above: the previous state flag The design was chosen from nearly 3,000 submissions made to The Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag.
It contains a white magnolia blossom ? Mississipi's state flower ? at its centre, which recalls the state's original flag that was used between 1861?1865 and incorporated a magnolia tree.
The blossom is on a blue background and surrounded by 20 white stars that represent the fact Mississippi was the 20th state in the union along with one gold star to signify the state's indigenous peoples. Below the blossom are the words In God We Trust ? the official motto of the United States of America.
This arrangement is on a blue background, which is flanked by a pa...