Inlate June — in Christ Within of the current racial justice motion sweep the land — the Mississippi nation legislature vote to remove the Confederate emblem from its state flagstone . Now , the Mississippi Department of Archives and story is looking for a newfangled symbolization to exemplify the Magnolia State , and a surprising competitor has caught the public ’s attention . Thanks to a typo , a excogitation featuring a jumbo mosquito was briefly in the running to become Mississippi ’s unexampled state flag , theClarion Ledgerreports .
The declare oneself conception , which lie in of a mosquito silhouette palisade by a ring of asterisk , was submitted by Mississippi house physician Thomas Rosete . He to begin with came up with the flag as a tongue - in - cheek reference to the country ’s ill-famed mosquito population . After seeing the public ’s reception , however , he believe the flag is more meet than ever . “ I trust people from all backgrounds can get behind this and raise it proudly , ” he secern theClarion Ledger . “ I suppose something like that in the [ entry ] email . And now I actually do trust that . ”
A typo in a list of iris numbers meant that Rosete ’s flag was one of the 150 designs that made it to round two of the selection process out of 3000submissions . or else of spurn the irreverent symbol , many people onsocial mediaembraced it . At least50 speciesof mosquitoes are found in Mississippi , make it an unconvincing but appropriate reference of pridefulness for the state .
Despite its popularity , the mosquito flag did n’t get along past the second unit of ammunition . The Mississippi Department of Archives has narrowed down the pool totwo candidates : a flag with a magnolia and one with a carapace . The winner will be voted on and chosen on September 2 .
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