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SOCIAL historians studying the more than two-century story of Mecklenburg might well agree that this community's character has its roots in the independent-mindedness of her early citizenship. Theirs was a continuing struggle to achieve and maintain a new way of life.
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/21/1898 p.10, 5/21/1898 p. 12 and 5/23/1898 p. 5
CAPTAIN JACK. 5/21/1898 p.10
The following are copies of speeches of Dr. F.L.Hawks and Dr. Moses W. Alexander.
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/20/1906, sec.3, p.2 and 5/20/1906 sec.3, p.3
AN ADDRESS BY REV. DR. F. L. HAWKS 5/20/1906, sec.3, p.2
Alexander, Sid, 6; house of, 22
American Library Association, 69
American Trust Company, 75
Arkansas, 29
Arrington, Minerva, 63
Ashley Park, vii
Associated Press, 23
Athens, Georgia, 2, 3
Ayres, W. A., 40
Four Articles from the Catawba Journal:
The following is a letter published in defense of the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/19/1898 p. 3
THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION.
This article describes the battle re-enactment as part of the Mecklenburg Declaration celebrations in 1916.
The Charlotte News 5/21/1916 p. 2
THOUSANDS SAW THE SHAM BATTLE
Believe it or not, everything has a history, including chewing gum! Listed below are some things you might recognize. Beside each item, is the name of the person or persons associated with introducing or inventing the product, and the year it became popularly known.
The following items were added to the Carolina Room collection in July, 2019:
Books
MY MEMORY OF BROOKLYN would be incomplete without some space being given to our laundry man. He was very fair, tall, lanky, raw-boned and angular. If dressed in buckskins, he would have looked quite the type that one would imagine a frontiersman to have been.
The following article discusses President Taft’s speech and also provides descriptions of the reception for the President in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/21/1909, p.1
The Western Democrat of May 26, 1857, reported on the festivities surrounding the anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
HARDLY had the business of the May meetings been completed before Mecklenburgers began planning for their participation in the session at Hillsboro in August of the North Carolina Provincial Congress.
Below is a copy of the text of President Eisenhower’s Address in Freedom Park in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence celebration.
The Charlotte Observer 5/19/1954 p. 4A
News…From the Carolina Room
Jane Johnson
Manager, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room
Main Library, 310 N. Tryon, Charlotte, NC