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Mississippi governor signs law for flag without rebel emblem

by Emily Wagster Pettus
| January 11, 2021 1:12 PM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi hoisted a new state flag without the Confederate battle emblem on Monday, just over six months after legislators retired the last state banner in the U.S. that included the divisive rebel symbol.

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