If that flag is rejected, there will be another referendum in July, with the options of the battle emblem or a different variation on the Stars and Bars.

Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that supports the battle emblem, were also dissatisfied.

Last year, Mississippi voters rejected a ballot proposition to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state's flag.

The state flag features the Confederate battle emblem and is a sore subjects with most blacks.

The state flag had featured the Confederate battle emblem since 1956, the year the Civil Rights Movement gained momentum.

He won national notice by orchestrating a stealthy compromise that minimized the Confederate battle emblem that had dominated the state flag.

The lost cause actually won a round by beating back efforts in the state Legislature to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

I pray that the old Georgia flag with the Confederate battle emblem will not be resurrected.

Last year, Mississippians voted to keep the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.

Mag Blackdawn, whose father had died in that war, was still angry enough to nail it like a battle emblem, crown and all, above his hearthfire.