Flag bill signed into law

THE NEW FLAG OFFICIALTROY..

MEGAN -- IT OFFICIAL --MISSISSIPPI HAS A NEW STATEFLAG..GOVERNOR TATE REEVESSIGNED THE BILL INTO LAW ATTHE TWO MISSISSIPPIMUSEUMS..THE NEW FLAG -- REPLACES ACONFEDERATE-THEMED FLAGLEGISLATORS VOTED TOCHANGE SIX MONTHS AGO..VOTERS APPROVED THE NEWFLAG IN NOVEMBER, ANDLEGISLATORS APPROVED ITEARLIER THIS MONTH.

<IN MISSISSIPPI THERE HASBEEN A PROMINENT ROAD BLOCKTO UNITY..WHEN MANY LOOK ATOUR FORMER FLAG THEY JUSTSAW A SYMBOL OF THE STATE ANTHE HERITAGE THEY LOVE..BUT MANY FELT DISMISSED,DIMINISHED AND EVEN HATEDBECAUSE OF THAT FLAG ...SOTODAY WE TURNED THE PAGE..

NOW FOLLOWING THESIGNING THE NEW STATE FLAGINTO LAW -- THE NEW FLAG WASRAISED AT THE STATECAPITOL...THE FIRST FLAGWAS THEN LOWERED AND TAKENTO THE TWO MUSEUMS FORPOSTERITY...THE FLAG WAS ALSO RAISEDOVER BOTH THE HOUSE ANDSENATE CHAMBERS AT THESTATE CAPITOL...THE OLD MISSISSIPPIBANNER WAS THE LAST STATEFLAG IN THE U.S. THATINCLUDED A CONFEDERATEBATTLE EMB