I'm not sure I ever paid attention to the Mississippi state flag before our trip yesterday...  I saw it flying at Trustmark Park:

You can't really see it very well in this picture, so here is a better one with a description and history.

I find it very strange in the day and age of "cover up anything that ever has or ever might offend anyone" that this is still the state flag of Mississippi.  Progress in this region can be very much like turning a battleship.  What should I expect considering Alabama has voted down the lottery to help fund schools three times now.  I know quite a few people that at least got one good year of free college tuition from the lottery, if not a full 4 years.  Of course, we went to school in Georgia.

But back on the flag issue...  Is it just me, or does the Mississippi state flag look just like the French or Dutch flag with the Confederate flag thrown into one corner.  For once Alabama isn't last in something...  they had already taken their Confederate flag down in 1993.