Historical Marker

Confederate Flag Pole

Early County Courthouse in Blakely · Blakely · Early

Georgia marker

Inscription

CONFEDERATE FLAG POLE. This flag pole [no longer standing] from which the Stars and Bars proudly flew is the last original Confederate flag staff still standing in Georgia. The stalwart pole was hewn from a long leaf pine tree that grew one mile southwest of this city in Early county. It was hauled by a yoke of oxen into Blakely and erected where it now stands by Thomas Williams and others on MAY 16TH, 1861.

049-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Location

AddressEarly County Courthouse in Blakely
CityBlakely
CountyEarly
StateGeorgia

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