Mississippi flag folded at some public buildings

Associated Press

... Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree on June 25 ordered the Mississippi flag taken down from most city buildings to show respect for those killed in Charleston.

Clarksdale Mayor Bill Luckett ordered the state flag taken down from City Hall in early July. “We need a flag that unites and does not divide,” Luckett told The Associated Press ...

The Magnolia City Council voted 3-0 July 7 to remove the flag from city buildings. Joe Cornacchione, an alderman absent during the vote, later said he wants to keep the flag flying because it represents the sacrifice southerners made who fought in the Civil War, according to the Enterprise-Journal ....

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