- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Confederate Flag Pole historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Early County
Flagpoles--Georgia--Blakely - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Early County, Blakely, 31.37768, -84.93409
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Early County Courthouse in Blakely
Text of marker: "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" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_confederate-flag-pole
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_confederate-flag-pole
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
