We don't think this is what officials in Mississippi had in mind when they decoded to redesign their state flag.
Thomas Rosete never created a flag before. But as a deckhand on the Yazoo River, he spends his days swatting at a pest that every Mississippian knows too well: the Mosquito.
Rosete created the Mosquito Flag as a joke, but this week it took on a life of its own.
“I believe people from all background can get behind this and raise it proudly,” Rosete told the Clarion Ledger. “I said something like that in the (submission) email. And now I actually do believe that.”
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