Mississippi State Flag

Mississippi State flag 1894-2020

On 28th  June 2020, the Mississippi Legislature passed a bill to repeal the sections of the Mississippi State Code which made provisions for a state flag, mandate the removal of the former flag from public buildings within 15 days of the bill's effective date, and establish a commission to design a replacement that would exclude the Confederate battle flag and include the U.S. national motto. The Governor signed the Bill into law on 30th June.
The current flag being the subject of controversy due to the inclusion of the Confederate Battle flag in the Canton. 
Interestingly however this is neither the first State flag nor the state flag used in the US Civil War. 
The first flag to be formally adopted by the Mississippi Convention was a white flag featuring the state tree of Mississippi the Magnolia tree. It had a blue canton with a single white five pointed star. Everything surrounded by a red border. 

Mississippi flag 1861-1865
Public Domain

After the Civil War official use of this flag ceased and the current flag was adopted in 1894. 
So Given that a new a law has been passed to change the flag I'm going to throw my metaphorical hat into the ring with a proposal. It is largely based off the Mississippi design in my American State flag redesigns post but as I am not seeking to redesign all the state flags to conform to a uniformed patter without the restrictions I placed on myself in that post.
So here is my first attempt:

It is features all the colours of the current/old flag and the layout is reflective of the three blue, white and red bars of that flag. However rather than bars I used white waves to symbolise the Mississippi River. Above is a heraldic representation of the flower of the Magnolia tree which is the state tree of Mississippi. I would rather not have put text on it but given the law states a new flag for some reason must have the US national motto on it, I have placed it in a circular layout in the centre of the flower. 

Considering that flags are moving objects I thought it might be better if the Magnolia blossom was off centre towards the hoist almost like a canton. This way it should be more visible both when the flag is waving and at rest. 

I am a big fan of American state flags featuring a star as if that is their star in the national flag.

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I would like to put a star in the centre of the blossom so that is the case with this flag, however with the motto I think the addition of the star might clutter things. Generally speaking less is more when it comes to flag design, however I still tried this anyway to see how it would look and I don't think it looks to bad.