A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
16. St. Stephens, U.S. Flag First Raised in Alabama, 1799
Washington County
On May 5, 1799, U.S. Army Lieutenant John McClary took possession of Fort San Estaban from the Spanish government under the terms
of the Treaty of San Lorenzo (1795). McClary raised the U.S. flag for the first time on soil that would eventually belong to Alabama.
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