Document Index
Throughout the years, many documents and print materials have been developed to commemorate "Meck Dec" Day. This is a comprehensive listing of historical documents found in this online exhibit.
1831: The Meck. Dec. and Accompanying Documents - Published by the Governor
1875: Harper's Weekly "Meck. Dec." Feature
1875: May 20th Speech of John M. Bright of Tennessee at Charlotte
1898: Unveiling of the Monument to the Signers of the Meck. Dec. - Commemorative Booklet
1906: Meck. Dec. Celebration - Program of Events
1916: Meck. Dec. Celebration - Program of Events
1925: The Pageant of Charlotte and Old Mecklenburg - Official Program
1948: Shout Freedom - Official Program
1948: Shout Freedom - Complete Transcript of the Play
A Symphonic Drama in Two Parts by LeGette Blythe with music by Lamar Stringfield.
1954: May 18th - The Meck. Dec. Booklet
Done on the visit of President Dwight David Eisenhower
Chain of Error and the Mecklenburg Declarations of Independence
, by V.V. McNitt
Mecklenburg Resolves
Full Text of the Mecklenburg Resolves signed May 31,1775
Sketches of North Carolina
Essay by Rev. William Henry Foote, 1846
Truth & Justice for the History of North Carolina
Essay Published by Charles L. Van Noppen, Greensboro, NC