Guitar, beer cans, a lighthouse, Elvis Presley and Kermit the Frog have all been proposed to adorn the new flag of a US state.
Mississippi recently retired the state banner with the Confederate battle emblem that is widely condemned as racist. The state is the birthplace of Presley and Kermit creator Jim Henson.
A nine-member commission will design a replacement that cannot include the Confederate symbol and must have the phrase: “In God We Trust.” The public submitted nearly 2,700 proposals, which were posted to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History website.
By early September, commissioners will agree on a single design to put on the November 3 statewide ballot. The commissioners, who were appointed by the governor,
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