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"The First Firecracker" - 1907

“The First Firecracker” - Caption indicates Mecklenburg’s claim to be the first to declare independence from the British. The Charlotte News, May 20, 1907

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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: Images and Souvenirs
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