On this date, March 4th

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ADOPTION OF THE "STARS & BARS"

The original flag of the Confederate States of America, commonly known as
the "STARS AND BARS", was approved by the Congress of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States, and first hoisted over the capitol building in Montgomery, Alabama, on the afternoon of the 4th day of March, 1861, by Letitia Tyler, granddaughter of President Tyler.

The third and final flag of the Confederate States of America, was created
by an Act of the Congress of the Confederate States (Second Congress,
Session II), approved by the President on the 4th day of March, 1865,
four years to the day after the first raising of the STARS AND BARS in
Montgomery.
 

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