Bonnie Blue flag (U.S.)

Last modified: 2004-12-22 by rick wyatt
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by Rick Wyatt, 6 September 1998

See also:

• Confederate Flags
• Republic of West Florida
• United States of America

When Mississippi's Ordinance of Secession was signed on 9 January 1861, it was marked by a ceremony in which the 'Bonnie Blue Flag' was raised over the capitol building in Jackson. Among those who witnessed the event was an Irish comedian named Harry Macarthy, who shortly after wrote and performed the famous song, 'The Bonnie Blue Flag'.
Filip Van Laenen, 31 March 1998