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The date was changed from the day North Carolina seceded from the union - May 20, 1775 known as the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, to April 12 1776, to honor the Halifax Resolves.

Every May 20, beneath the proverbial shadows of Charlotte’s modern glass and steel skyline, supporters gather to commemorate ...

The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 ...

This Tuesday, marks 250 years since citizens of Mecklenburg County say they became the first American colonists to declare ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and ...

A panel of speakers at a Tuesday “Voices for Veterans” event recently agreed that America has a moral obligation to care for ...

Back in 1860, the ideas that had emboldened the war were debated in Santa Cruz, through fiery editorials in local and San ...

He also pointed to a newspaper from May 20, 1861, the day that North Carolina seceded from the Union at the start of the Civil War. Charlotte Museum of History Collections Manager Kyle Booker ...

The first articulates the position he has been assigned to defend — people should have a right to secede from their government ... two teams of high school students convene at the University of North ...

The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail. When Civil War era reenactors descended ...

the state became part of the Province of Carolina in 1663 and a separate British colony in the early 1700s when it split from North Carolina, and was founded as its own state in 1776. It was 1896 ...