A really cool Mississippi flag design

It's based on the Seal of the Mississippi Territory. 1798. Which, funnily enough, had the word Mississippi misspelled. The cast, made in Philadelphia (then the nation's capital) had it spelled: Missisippi. Marking the first, but not the last, time that folks in the North misrepresented the state.

The Native Inhabitants are represented in the ripples on the top - the Mississippi river was the life force. The Great River. Father Allouez, a Jesuit priest, when exploring the country from Quebec to Lake Superior, in 1669, first heard of a great river (which proved to be the Mississippi River) called Mecassheba. Original, Mi-ko Si-ah, King I am. It forms the Western border of the state.

The vertical lines on the crest are in threes: the three nations that ruled over the Territory at one time or another. The Spanish. The French. The British.

In God We Trust is written out in significant type. This typeface was produced by the first William Caslon’s grandson, William Caslon Junior, and his type foundry in around 1816. Simply called 'Two Lines English Egyptian,' it was the first san serif typeface created. At the time they were referred to as Grotesques. It would have been available to the original Mississippi flag designer at the time of statehood (1817), imported as wood or lead sorts.

Finally, the star. It represents True North. Or truth. The state is headed in the right direction. If all her people can seek out truth, and live that out amongst themselves and their neighbors, she will truly be as great at the river on which she draws life.