Why 13 stars on the Mississippi flag?

Answer 1

The thirteen stars on the flag of the US state of Mississippi represent the original thirteen colonies. A similar flag design, proposed but rejected in 2001, upon a ruling that state legislation of 1906 had repealed the adoption of the State flag initially designed in 1894, consisted of horizontal blue, white, and red stripes, with a blue square in the corner and the flag consisted of twenty stars - thirteen on the outside representing the original thirteen colonies, six representing the six nations which have held sovereignty over Mississippi territory, and the inner star representing Mississippi itself.

The modified flag design was defeated in a 65% / 35% vote, and thus the old flag was retained.

Answer 2

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