This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.

---

Mardi Gras Medal ^	FlaftS
Gulf Coast Under kg w10,i-pr?
* ~1 *	??
Biloxi -PresF Jan.7,1931
present Mississippi State Flag at (he same time slot as two patterns of the State Flag. I
!
The new Mardi Gras Medal of the Gull Coast .??'Carnival Association has been 1 announced by President ( James C. Cprso lor the 1981 Mardi Gras festivities. The . medals will have a theme of : Gull Coast Under Eight Flags and will go on sale immediately at the Dantzler House, across the street Irom Biloxi ' Light house1.
. The medals are issued, as usual in silver, bronze, and aluminum but the silver medals are for special orders only. The bronze and alumi-
num will be available as a set and aluminum will be available in bulk quantities for "throws". Mrs. Ruth Hunt at Danlzler House, 432-8806, can give further information about prices of medals.
Chairman for the medal theme was Murella Powell, Historical and Genealogical Librarian at the Riloxi Library. Mrs. Powell issued the lollowing statement regarding the medal theme. .
Mardi Gra "?:>] ill be literally a pnrauo of history.
My duty as historian has been to research the story behind the traditional ' eight flags. Alter deligent research I parted from tradition and used the Star Spangled Banner with 15 stars and 15 stripes as our 5th flag. Thus giving ?us nine Hags. As I remarked in the opening stiltmpnl, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was actually under more than eight Hags. So in keeping with ?eight Hags? ] have presented both state I lags, the Magnolia and the
consulted with Jim Stevens, noted historian, and he agreed with my decision. I also suhmil my bibliography and believe I have adequate sources to back up the decision I made. To do otherwise would be to ignore 50 years of history. It is the duty of.the historian to search out the truth of history and not to perpetuate myth. This presentation is the truth of history as I see it.