Historical Marker

Here the First Confedereate Flag Was Unfurled in Georgia

Fairburn · Fulton County · Erected 1994

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The Story

Legend holds that Georgia women, returning from Montgomery after the Confederate Congress adopted the Stars and Bars in March 1861, sewed a flag from cloth bought en route and first unfurled it here at Fairburn's railroad depot.

About this site

Here the First Confedereate Flag Was Unfurled in Georgia is a historical marker in Fairburn, Fulton County, erected in 1994. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5670, -84.5810 near Fairburn. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Campbell County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Campbell County Courthouse, Campbell County Courthouse, and Celebrating Fairburn's History.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.5670, -84.5810 · Fairburn, Fulton County

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