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1975 - President Ford visits [1]

President Gerald Ford was received by thousands of people crowded into Freedom Park for the Meck Dec bicentennial in 1975. The holiday was celebrated with the release of hundreds of balloons [2] as a television station, WBTV, filmed the event. 

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Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence [3]
All About the Declaration [4]
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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: Images and Souvenirs [5]
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