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State’s NicknameState’s Nickname

The Magnolia State is named because of the abundance of magnolia flowers and trees in the state

The magnolia is the official state flower and the official state tree

The Magnolia State is named because of the abundance of magnolia flowers and trees in the state

The magnolia is the official state flower and the official state tree

Flag of Mississippi

Flag of Mississippi

The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flagThe committee recommended for the flag "one with width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13) mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width, the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the whole length of the flag

The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flagThe committee recommended for the flag "one with width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13) mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width, the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the whole length of the flag

Listen to the Official Mississippi Song As You Read The Words Below:

http://www.50states.com/songs/miss.htm

Listen to the Official Mississippi Song As You Read The Words Below:

http://www.50states.com/songs/miss.htmGo, Mississippi Words and Music by Houston DavisVerse:States may sing their songs of praiseWith waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,Let cymbals crash and let bells ringCause here's one song I'm proud to sing.Choruses:Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,Go, Mississippi, we're singing your song,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, you're on the right track,Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,Go, Mississippi, you'll never look back,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, straight down the line,Go, Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,Go, MIssissippi, it's your state and mine,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, continue to roll,Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,Go, Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, get up and go,Go, Mississippi, let the world know,That our Mississippi is leading the show,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi Words and Music by Houston DavisVerse:States may sing their songs of praiseWith waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,Let cymbals crash and let bells ringCause here's one song I'm proud to sing.Choruses:Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,Go, Mississippi, we're singing your song,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, you're on the right track,Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,Go, Mississippi, you'll never look back,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, straight down the line,Go, Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,Go, MIssissippi, it's your state and mine,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, continue to roll,Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,Go, Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-IGo, Mississippi, get up and go,Go, Mississippi, let the world know,That our Mississippi is leading the show,M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Southern MagnoliaSouthern Magnolia

Southern magnolia Magnoliaceae Magnolia grandiflora Leaf: Alternate, simple, pinnately veined and evergreen, 5 to 8 inches

long, oval in shape with an entire margin Very waxy/shiny above, and reddish tomentose below Flower: Very showy and fragrant, 6 to 8 inches wide with large white

petals Flowers are borne singly, from May to June.Fruit: An aggregate of

follicles, green changing to red, cylindrical, 3 to 5 inches long with red seeds, 1/2 inch long

Maturing October to November.Twig: Stout, with white to rusty tomentum and a long (1 to 1 1/2 inches) silky white to rusty red terminal bud.Bark: Brown to gray, thin, smooth/lenticellate when young, later with close plates or scales

Form: A medium-sized tree with a pyramidal crown When open grown, the crown is dense with low branches.

Southern magnolia Magnoliaceae Magnolia grandiflora Leaf: Alternate, simple, pinnately veined and evergreen, 5 to 8 inches

long, oval in shape with an entire margin Very waxy/shiny above, and reddish tomentose below Flower: Very showy and fragrant, 6 to 8 inches wide with large white

petals Flowers are borne singly, from May to June.Fruit: An aggregate of

follicles, green changing to red, cylindrical, 3 to 5 inches long with red seeds, 1/2 inch long

Maturing October to November.Twig: Stout, with white to rusty tomentum and a long (1 to 1 1/2 inches) silky white to rusty red terminal bud.Bark: Brown to gray, thin, smooth/lenticellate when young, later with close plates or scales

Form: A medium-sized tree with a pyramidal crown When open grown, the crown is dense with low branches.

State FlowerState Flower

The great magnolia shoots up its majestic trunk, crowned with evergreen leaves, and decorated with a thousand

beautiful flowers, that perfume the air around where the forests and fields are adorned with blossoms of every hue;

where the golden orange ornaments the gardens and groves; where bignonias of various kinds interlace their climbing stems around the white-flowered stuartia, and mounting still higher, cover the summits of the lofty trees around, accompanied with innumerable vines, that here and there festoon the dense foliage of the magnificent woods

The great magnolia shoots up its majestic trunk, crowned with evergreen leaves, and decorated with a thousand

beautiful flowers, that perfume the air around where the forests and fields are adorned with blossoms of every hue;

where the golden orange ornaments the gardens and groves; where bignonias of various kinds interlace their climbing stems around the white-flowered stuartia, and mounting still higher, cover the summits of the lofty trees around, accompanied with innumerable vines, that here and there festoon the dense foliage of the magnificent woods

FUN PLACES IN MISSISSIPPI

FUN PLACES IN MISSISSIPPI

Take a cruise down the Mississippi River

Visit a plantation

Take a cruise down the Mississippi River

Visit a plantation

States That Border Mississippi

States That Border Mississippi

North Tennessee

East Alabama

West Arkansas and Louisiana

South Tip of Louisiana and the Guif of Mexico

North Tennessee

East Alabama

West Arkansas and Louisiana

South Tip of Louisiana and the Guif of Mexico

Mississippi State Animal

Mississippi State Animal

Mockingbird The Mocking-bird remains in Louisiana the

whole year In the beginning of April, sometimes a

fortnight earlier, the Mocking-birds pair, and construct their nests

The nearer you approach to the sea-shores, the more plentiful do you find these birds

Mockingbird The Mocking-bird remains in Louisiana the

whole year In the beginning of April, sometimes a

fortnight earlier, the Mocking-birds pair, and construct their nests

The nearer you approach to the sea-shores, the more plentiful do you find these birds

When Mississippi became a state

When Mississippi became a state

Dec. 10, 1817 20th State into the Union

Dec. 10, 1817 20th State into the Union

Mississippi area codeMississippi area code

228 601 662 228 601 662

State Capital : JacksonState Capital : Jackson

ClimateClimate

Mississippi is located in the humid subtropical climate region, characterized by temperate winters long, hot summers; and rainfall that is fairly evenly distributed

through the year

However, the state is subject to periods of both drought and floodT

The climate rarely seems to bring "average" conditions More typical would be an expection of "feast or famine" with

regard to weather events as the climate delivers energy and moisture in subtropical latitudes between a large landmass to the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south

Mississippi is located in the humid subtropical climate region, characterized by temperate winters long, hot summers; and rainfall that is fairly evenly distributed

through the year

However, the state is subject to periods of both drought and floodT

The climate rarely seems to bring "average" conditions More typical would be an expection of "feast or famine" with

regard to weather events as the climate delivers energy and moisture in subtropical latitudes between a large landmass to the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south