(CNN) The Mississippi state legislature on Sunday passed a bill to remove the Confederate emblem from their flag in a historic referendum on the only remaining state flag to feature the Confederate insignia. The flag, first adopted in 1894, has red, white and blue stripes with the Confederate battle emblem in the corner. The bill establishes a commission to develop a new flag design without the Confederate emblem that includes the phrase "In God, We Trust." Mississippi state voters would then vote on the new design this November. State Rep. Jeramey Anderson, a Democrat from Moss Point, applauded its passage Sunday as a "historic moment."

Source: CNN June 28, 2020 22:15 UTC