History / North Carolina

#Flag July 2

by Coach4aday · July 2, 2021

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North Carolina’s State FLAG has two historical dates on it. My history lesson to share today as part of the #Coachh4adayChallenge is about those two dates.

If you examine closely you will find May 20, 1775 and April 12, 1776 prominently displayed on the left side. Each date represents history to the Tar Heel State.

In 1775 the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was read from the courthouse steps at noon, making Charlotte the first American governing body to declare independence from Great Britain.

In 1776 some two months before the Declaration of Independence the Halifax Resolves was created. This pre-revolutionary resolution passed on April 12, 1776, empowered North Carolina delegates at the Second Continental Congress to work with delegates from other colonies in declaring independence from Great Britain.

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