First Confederate Flag Marker and Monument (Louisburg, North Carolina)

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Title

First Confederate Flag Marker and Monument (Louisburg, North Carolina)

Source

american,visualworkssculpture,daughters

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

1746

Date Issued

1923-01-01

Extent

m x m x m

Spatial Coverage

current,36.09877,-78.30099;

Europeana

Country

USA

Europeana Data Provider

First Confederate Flag Marker and Monument

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/First_Confederate_Flag_Marker_and_Monument

Monument Type

Statue - other

Funded by

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Inscription

ERECTED SEPTEMBER 1923 / BY / THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION / UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / IN APPRECIATION OF THE FACT / THAT THE FIRST FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY / "THE STARS AND BARS" / WAS DESIGNED BY A SON OF NORTH CAROLINA / ORREN RANDOLPH SMITH / AND MADE UNDER HIS DIRECTION BY / CATHERINE REBECCA (MURPHY) WINBORNE. / FORWARDED TO MONTGOMERY, ALA. FEB 12, 1861, / ADOPTED BY THE PROVISIONAL CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1861, / FIRST DISPLAYED IN NORTH CAROLINA AT LOUISBURG / MARCH 18, 1861

State

North Carolina

County

Franklin

Affiliation

Confederate

City

Louisburg