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Charlotte Daily Observer 5/20/1906 Sec.3 p. 3 and 5/20/1906 Sec.3, p. 5
ODE TO NORTH CAROLINA
PATTIE WILLIAMS GEE.
To stay the rocks from heralding the shame
That in oblivion of men’s praise or blame
The following articles detail the various events of the 1906 celebrations for the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Charlotte Daily Observer: 5/20/1906 p.14, 5/20/1906 p.6, 5/20/1906 p.7 and 5/20/1906, Section 3, p.1
The following article highlights the Boy Scouts parade for the Mecklenburg Independence day.
The Charlotte Observer 5/21/1941, pp. 1-2A
Mecklenburg Independence Day Breaks With Tradition Highlights-Scouts Parade and Garden Party
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY TO MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON THE WHITE HOUSE
EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AT THE DEDICATION OF THE JAMES POLK BIRTHPLACE PINEVILLE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Chain of Error Presented below is Chain of Error and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence, by V.V. McNitt. The book has been separated into chapters in PDF format for your viewing and printing convenience.
News…From the Carolina Room
Jane Johnson
Manager, Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room
Main Library, 310 N. Tryon, Charlotte, NC
MISS AMAY, as she was affectionately called by her children and friends, lived on Boundary Street about two blocks from our home in Brooklyn. She was a short, stout woman with a very friendly serene face and a rare ability to make friends.
IN THE NEXT BLOCK from our home lived a physician who was an important person in our early family life. During our father’s lifetime, Dr. George Williams was our family physician, and he remained so after my father’s death.
THE COLORED RACE as a whole was markedly religious during the dark days of slavery, and out of many a fervent gathering held in the recesses of dark swamps or other forbidden places came the simple, sincere thoughts expressed in many grand old spirituals.
MILLIONS of words, often impassioned and frequently more resonant than reasoned, have been spoken and countless tens of thousands have been written in letters, books, historical journals, magazines, and newspapers on the subject of the Mecklenburg declaration of indepenence.
James Knox Polk was a native of Mecklenburg County, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, a political leader in the state of Tennessee, and Pre
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