Orren Randolph Smith
In Loving Memory
Orren Randolph Smith
who on February 12,1861, designed,
"The Stars and Bars"
the first official flag of the Confederacy adopted by the Confederate States Congress,
Montgomery, Alabama, March 4, 1861
Warren County, North Carolina
December 18, 1827
Henderson North Carolina,
March 3, 1913
He spent much of his life in Henderson, North Carolina, where his body is interred
To confederate comrades
"Peace to their ashes, Honor to their memory, Glory to their cause."
- Orren Randolph Smith
Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) east of Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
