The Confederate States flag, "the Stars and Bars," is adopted in Montgomery, Alabama
The new flag of the Confederate States, designed by Major Orren Randolph Smith of North Carolina, was adopted at the the Convention of Confederate States in Montgomery, Alabama. It soon became popularly known as "the Stars and Bars." (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 267.