s major solution to the controversy was to lower the flag from the state house but place it on the lawn to honor Confederate dead. Too much opposition to this approach predicted this would not lower the level of controversy in the state. The Jackson, Mississippi city council voted to ban the Confederate flag and all other exhibits of it in the state. The Mississippi state flag would have to be redesigned, as it holds a picture of the Confederate flag in its left hand corner. It was decided that changing the flag would be too much of an effort so the proposition was dismissed for the time being. April 26th marks the Alabama state Confederate Memorial day, on which the state flew the Confederate flag. Now because of the offense taken by the Confederate flag, state government replaced it with another flag of Confederate that looks more like the American flag. (Leopold)The Bonnie Blue flag is an equable cousin to the Confederate flag, showing pride in the confederacy and honoring civil war memories. The flag features a white star in the center of a royal blue field. A lesser known symbol of victory in the Civil War, the Bonnie Blue offers less controversy than the Confederate flag and was used in some from by 5 Southern states. It was first used in September of 1810 carried by the West Florida Dragoons of the Civil War to capture Baton Rouge, LA. They jailed the governor and raised high their flag September 23. The Republic of Texas used the Bonnie Blue from 1836 to 1839. The Convention of the People of Mississippi adopted an Ordinance of Secession under the flag and raised it over their capitol building. (Mand)A logical solution to the confederate flag debate would be to replace it with its attractive cousin, the Bonnie Blue. Don Todd, Manager of Shiloh National Military Park, feels a flag should be something a state can unite behind, which is not achieved by the Confederate flag. He says, The Bonnie Blue represents the in...
