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Photo Essay: A Flutter of Different Flags Around the Oxford Square
There was a flutter of different flags around the Oxford Square and historic district this morning after the Oxford Mayor and Board of Aldermen voted to remove the Mississippi flag from all city propety.
At City Hall’s former visitor and senior’s center were three flags: United States Fag, Arbor Flag and black POW/MIA flag.
Across the street on the Courthouse lawn the Mississippi flag was flying while next door, at Neilson’s Department story, the former Mississippi “magnolia flag” waved beside the flag of the United States.
The “magnolia flag” was briefly adopted by the “independent country” of Mississippi after the state left the Union and before joining the Confederacy.
Going West on Jackson Avenue, the County jail was flying the United States flag and the Mississippi flag. Sheriff Buddy East said “we will continue to fly the flag of the United States and Mississippi flag until instructed otherwise by the Board of Supervisors.”
Holding neutral ground and with full support of citizens, returning students, parents and alumni, was the red and blue Ole Miss flag proudly being displayed at the Corner Bar.
Response to action by the City got mixed reviews as some asked what the County would do while others asked about the future status of the Confederate Memorial statue that stands on the south side of the Courthouse.
| Sat, Aug 31 |  | vs Furman | W, 76-0 |
| Sat, Sep 7 |  | vs Middle Tennessee | W, 52-3 |
| Sat, Sep 14 |  | @ Wake Forest | W, 40-6 |
| Sat, Sep 21 |  | vs Georgia Southern | W, 52-13 |
| Sat, Sep 28 |  | vs Kentucky | L, 20-17 |
| Sat, Oct 5 |  | @ South Carolina | W, 27-3 |
| Sat, Oct 12 |  | vs LSU | L, 29-26 (2 OT) |
| Sat, Oct 26 |  | vs Oklahoma | W, 26-14 |
| Sat, Nov 2 |  | @ Arkansas | W, 63-35 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Georgia | W, 28-10 |
| Sat, Nov 23 |  | @ Florida | L, 24-17 |
| Sat, Nov 30 |  | vs Mississippi State | W, 26-14 |
ej
August 19, 2015 at 4:45 pm
This silliness is getting out of control. Everyone is scared of their own shadow that they might be called racist. Come on, grow a pair. Racism is in the heart, not a flag. I am always amazed how ready people are to trash their own state, and how willing others are to let them. Greyhound has a North bound bus everyday.
R. D. Williamson
August 20, 2015 at 11:03 am
I agree with ej, This will not create good will, it will divide Ole Miss people. It shows a great disrespect to the voters who supported the state flag by a 2 to 1 vote. Not to mention the brave men who defended Oxford from the Union invaders in 1865. Remember the square was totally burned to the ground by our Northern friends.
Dan Shay
August 21, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Fortunately, support for a cause that is in its very nature racist, even by a 2 to 1 vote will not cleanse it. If majority votes were allowed to be the norm, this nation is in deep trouble. Racism is in the heart and mind and symbols carry weight. Get rid of the flag that marks the South as truly as the mark of Cain. The South lost the war – get over it and become a 21st century AMERICAN.
Barry Johnson
September 3, 2015 at 2:09 pm
I fully support the actions of the mayor and city council. This is not about political correctness, liberalism, heritage, or any other agenda. It is simply time to find a flag that better represents all Mississippians. Those who wish to display the confederate flag on their person or property are free to do so. It really is that simple.