3-4-2026----165 Years After Confederate Flag on Capitol

165 Years ago today at 3:30PM, The First confederate flag (The Stars and Bars) is raised on the Alabama Capitol building .

 

This photo shows the start of construction of the confederate monument on the side of the Alabama Capitol building that was the site of the creation of the confederate capitol.

The monument completed.

On the north side of Capitol Hill there is a monument dedicated to Alabama's more than 122,000 Confederate veterans of the Civil War, known as the Confederate Memorial Monument. The 88-foot tall monument was dedicated on December 7, 1898, (126 years ago) although it had been planned as early as November 1865.

This photo shows the monument with the confederate flags (later removed).