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Fourth of July celebration in Mecklenburg District 1841
The 66th Anniversary of Independence was celebrated with cannon, bells, and the Star-Spangled Banner. The Mecklenburg Declaration was read, an oration delivered, and a banquet hosted at Planter's Hotel. Toasts honored liberty, Washington, Lafayette, the Revolution, and national unity with patriotic fervor. Congress and regional speeches followed, noting tax debates and abolition petitions.
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Baptist Church
William Pierce
Mecklenburg
William F. Dancy
Kenelim U1
Lewis
Columbis
Solomon Pender
Mwilliam Norfleet
Henry Z. Clark
Wm. F. Dancy
Friends of Liberty
Washington
Lafayette
United States
Old North
Liberty
Army
Navy
Land of the Free
Home of the Brave
John P. Sharpe
R. Chapman
James D. Howell
Great Britain
Wm. G. Thomas
Henry T. Clark
Juo. F. Hughes
National
Jno
Norfleet
R. E Macnair
The
W. A. Pope
F. Hughes
F. R. Cotten
Carolina
Jne. P. Sharpe
Thomas H. Benton
North Carolina
Tyler
Samuel E. Moore
John S. Dancy
University of North Carolina
William Dozier
Franklin
Rhett
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Congress
Rayner
South