JACKSON, Miss — A commission working on a new Mississippi flag has narrowed the choices to two designs.
One has a shield. The other has a magnolia blossom on a dark blue background.
Commissioners made the decision after five proposals were literally run up a flagpole Tuesday. They wanted to see how the designs look fluttering in the wind — or hanging limply.
And, they said the flags look different on a pole than they do as drawings on a page.
In late June, Mississippi legislators voted to retire the last state flag to include the Confederate battle emblem, which is broadly condemned as racist.
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