Leah Frances Eaton didn’t know she had won the contest to design the new 2024 standard license plate for the state of Mississippi until a friend sent her a picture of a press release.
Jul 1, 2021 / 01:38 PM CDT
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, center, and House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, listen as Reuben Anderson, chairman of the board of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, speaks about the retired Mississippi state flag during its retirement ceremony at Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – One year ago, the former Mississippi state flag was retired. Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and House Speaker Philip Gunn presented the former state flag to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH).
Last year, Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill to remove the flag, which featured the Confederate battle emblem.