A group of Juneau residents are petitioning to have the Mississippi state flag removed from a display of flags lining one of the city’s main streets.
The Juneau Empire reports that the Mississippi flag, which includes a confederate battle flag in its upper left corner, hangs on Egan Drive downtown.
A petition with 188 signatures was sent to Friends of the Flags, a nonprofit group that maintains the string of state flags, asking that Mississippi’s flag be replaced with something that does not feature a confederate symbol.
Marc Wheeler, who helped spearhead the petition, says he wants no ill will toward Friends of the Flags, in fact he already purchased an alternate option: the Mississippi Magnolia flag, which was the state’s official flag from 1861 to 1865.
