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 Drinking Fountain And Marker - Louisburg, NC Posted by:  LJParr
N 36° 05.928 W 078° 18.056
17S E 742984 N 3998280
Erected in 1923 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Waymark Code: WMB1EH
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2011
Views: 5
From: North Carolina - A Guide to the Old North State, 1939. Pg 345 Tour 7
The Drinking Fountain And Marker, Courthouse Sq., was erected to commemorate the designing by Orren Randolph Smith, A North Carolinian, of the Stars and Bars-- first of the Confederacy’s four flags--and its first display in North Carolina at Louisburg, Mar. 18 1861.
A plaque affixed to the monument reads:
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
CARHERINE 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.
The mounment remains on the courthouse square. Located at the southeast corner of Nash and Main Streets.
Book: North Carolina
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 345
Year Originally Published: 1939
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