Discovery of Mecklenburg Declaration
“A general store in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, May 20, 1775. Local patriots gather around a rough oak table to draft a defiant resolve. Foreground shows a quill scratching across foolscap and a powder horn on the table; midground reveals farmers and Presbyterian elders in homespun arguing over a candle; through small windows, Carolina pines glow in late spring light.”
