Retire your flag, honor a vet
Infinity Funeral Home in Biloxi is beginning a new program intended to honor deceased veterans and provide dignified disposal of retired American flags. Infinity...
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SEC Commissioner: “past time” for change to Mississippi flag
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey has become the latest to publicly call for a change to the Mississippi state flag. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the...
State Flag Has Been Removed in Gulfport
The state flag has been the topic of conversation a lot lately, from conversations spinning from changing it, to what it will be, or to...
State flag debate renewed as calls for change intensify
The recent protests across the country and the state, stemming from the death of George Floyd, have reignited the debate over the design of Mississippi’s...
Flag Day! Fly it proud.
by Andi Davis
(Information courtesy of military.com) THE HISTORY OF FLAG DAY The first celebration of the U.S. Flag’s birthday was held in 1877 on the 100th anniversary...
Protesters burn state flag at Mississippi Governor’s Mansion
by Alex Paton
Approximately 30 protestors gathered at the Governor’s mansion yesterday to demonstrate their right of free speech and burned a Mississippi State flag as well as...
Featured Governor orders flags flown at half-staff
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant has just signed an executive order saying that all flags in the state will be flown at half-staff as a sign of...
State and city flags taken down in Biloxi
by Chad Dixon
As of Tuesday morning, all state and city flags in Biloxi had been taken down. Over the weekend, Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gilich learned that not...
House tables bill requiring state flag flown at universities
by Sarah Ulmer
On Monday the House of Representatives decided to table an amendment that would require Mississippi universities to fly to state flag or lose tax breaks. ...
Freedom From Religion Foundation petitions for Christian flag removal in Rienzi
A Christian flag flying over a veteran’s memorial has been called a step over the religious freedom line in a small Alcorn County town. The Freedom...