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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Flags of Somebody Else's Fathers

Mississippi took the step, long overdue, of removing the Confederate Battle Ensign from the field of its state flag yesterday.

This means Mississippi, which took the flags down yesterday, returns to its antebellum status of having no flag at all. It didn't have one until the Civil War, when it adopted a rather odd looking one which apparently wasn't used much at the time.

Mississippi's first flag.

In 1894 it adopted the first version of the flag it just departed from, which has had three versions over the past 126 years. The state will pick a new flag at the polls in November.

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

We hope you'll feel moved to comment as well. While we moderate every comment, so as to weed out Spam, we greatly appreciate the comments where they are offered, and hope to see more.

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