New Jersey Gov. says state will not fly Mississippi flag; some places in the Magnolia State already forgo flying it
A yearly New Jersey tradition will be one flag short this year as Mississippi's state flag has been banned from Liberty State Park.
"Today I ordered the Mississippi state flag be replaced by the American flag at Liberty State Park. The Confederate symbol does not reflect New Jersey’s values of inclusivity and equality," Murphy said in a statement posted to his Twitter account. Mississippi's current flag has contained the battle emblem, a blue X, dotted with 13 stars on a red background, in some form since 1894. Calls for the flag to be redesigned are frequent in the state, though the last vote for the Magnolia State's flag to be changed came in 2001 and was defeated 64 to 36 percent.
Stennis' design features one large blue star on a white field with 19 smaller stars surrounding it and two vertical red bands on each side. Speaking to The Clarion-Ledger, Taggart said that Mississippi's current flag is a"snapshot" of the state, which calls back to the Civil War and the state's history of slavery.
“I’m disappointed in Gov. Murphy’s actions. As I have repeatedly said, the voters of Mississippi should decide what the state flag is or is not," Bryant said.
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