Mississippi Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
The current status could not be loaded just now. The national status is on the main flag page.
Who lowers the flag in Mississippi
In Mississippi, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and published as signed PDF orders on the Governor’s site. As in the other document-publishing states, the PDF is the authoritative text — the dates and the covered buildings are stated there, and a headline elsewhere may compress them.
The flag of Mississippi
Adopted in 2021, the “New Magnolia” flag features a white magnolia blossom encircled by 21 stars (Mississippi joined as the 20th state, plus one star for the indigenous Native American tribes) on a blue field flanked by red and gold stripes. The motto “In God We Trust” appears at the bottom.
Mississippi on the American flag
The Flag Act of 1818 returned the stripes permanently to thirteen and specified that a new star would be added on the Fourth of July following each state's admission. Twenty stars recognized the original thirteen plus Vermont, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Indiana, and Mississippi.
Sunrise and sunset in Jackson
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Mississippi became a state
Carved from the Mississippi Territory, the state was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817. Its cotton plantation economy depended on enslaved labor; Mississippi seceded in 1861, suffered enormously in the Civil War, and remained at the center of the civil rights struggle in the 20th century.
Admitted December 10, 1817 — the 20th state.
Mississippi at a glance
Did you know
- The Mississippi River was named long before the state.
- The teddy bear was named after Theodore Roosevelt’s 1902 Mississippi hunting trip.
- Coca-Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg in 1894.
- Mississippi has more catfish farms than any other state.
Born or raised here: Elvis Presley (musician; Tupelo) · B.B. King (blues guitarist; Itta Bena) · Oprah Winfrey (broadcaster; Kosciusko) · William Faulkner (novelist; New Albany) · Eudora Welty (author; Jackson) · Morgan Freeman (actor; Memphis, raised in Charleston, MS)
Mississippi in the American Record
Moments from the daily edition that happened in Mississippi.
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Mississippi today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Mississippi as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Mississippi?+
In Mississippi, flags are lowered by order of the Governor and published as signed PDF orders on the Governor’s site. As in the other document-publishing states, the PDF is the authoritative text — the dates and the covered buildings are stated there, and a headline elsewhere may compress them.
Does a county order mean the whole of Mississippi lowers its flags?+
No. A county or single-facility order (the State Capitol, for instance) applies only where it says it does. This page shows those separately from the statewide status precisely so the two are never confused — if the status above reads full-staff, Mississippi has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Mississippi?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Jackson, those times are shown above. On the final day of a half-staff order that runs "until sunset", the flag returns to full height at the local sunset — which is why the West Coast stays lowered a few hours after the East.
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