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Meck Dec: Celebration Timeline
The following articles detail various events from the 1891 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence celebration in Charlotte, North Carolina...
1892 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence celebrations.
The Charlotte News: 5/18/1892 p.1; 5/19/1892 p.1; The Mecklenburg Times 5/20/...
The following article depicts the 1896 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence festivities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Mecklenburg...
The following is a copy of the testimony provided by Adam Brevard Davidson concerning his grandfather’s involvement in the signing of the...
Below is an article detailing the history of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence documents and written in support of its...
Mecklenburg Time 5/19/1897 p.1
CHARLOTTE EN FETE
Gala Week Festivities Opened By Brilliant Parade Steamer Contests Held This Morning....
The following articles depict preparations of the 1898 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence celebrations.
Charlotte Daily Observer: 5/...
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
One of His Descendants Who ...
The following is a letter published in defense of the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Charlotte Daily...
An article relaying the news that President McKinley cancels his visit to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Mecklenburg Declaration of...
The Charlotte Daily Observer, May 20, 1900, Part 2, p.1
"Standing on the iron tablet in Independence Square, which marks the spot where...
The following articles detail the unveiling of a monument dedicated to Lieutenant Shipp for the 1900 May 20th celebrations in Charlotte,...
The following story is from a Texas newspaper:
An Historic Battleflag
Made by the Women of the Mecklenburg District
Greenville,...
The following are four articles relating the May 20th celebrations for the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in Charlotte, North...
The Charlotte Daily Observer: May 21, 1905 p. 10
Spending the 20th May People Will Visit Charlotte
The Crowd Longed For the Old Time...
Below is an article published by Historian Ashe in which he affirms the authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence...
The following articles detail the various events of the 1906 celebrations for the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Charlotte Daily...
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/20/1906, Sec. 3, p. 4
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED President and Declaration In Ordering Cavalry, Marines and Marine...
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...
Charlotte Daily Observer , 5/20/1906, Section 3, p. 4
THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION. (What follows is copied from the 11th chapter, volume 11...
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...
Pictured here is an article advertising free railroad fare to Charlotte for the Mecklenburg Declaration festivities in exhange for...
THE MORAVIAN RECORD
Following is a translation of the above German transcript from the Moravian Records in the archives at Salem,...
The Charlotte News, 5/20/1907, p. 5:
A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE TWENTIETH
The May Military Festival Begun—Lasts Until the End of the Week—...
The Charlotte News, 5/22/1907, p. 7:
Baltimore Sun Critic on Mecklenburg Declaration
Following is a Criticism of Books, written by Mr. G...