To change the current flag, Mississippi needs one strong design to unify around. The Hospitality Flag was designed in consultation with world-renowned vexillologist Ted Kaye, author of

The confederate symbol is today more globally recognized as a symbol of racist ideology than it is of the state of Mississippi. The magnolia flag, sometimes suggested as its alternative, was originally commissioned and adopted by the newly seceded Republic of Mississippi in 1861. The magnolia flag was actually the official flag of secession.