On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the nation’s twentieth state. To celebrate the approaching bicentennial, the first US flag to include the new state and Mississippi’s first constitution are on display at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson. We are excited to have these symbols of statehood tour here in Columbia, MS on February 3 and 4th. There is no substitute for the firsthand connection to history these artifacts give us here. The state of Mississippi was founded upon the 1817 constituti

See some of the flags that have led up to the current Mississippi state flag which lawmakers have voted to retire. | Clarion Ledger