# NC Flag has date for event that did not happen

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**Created:** [December 25, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-flag-has-date-for-event-that-did-not-happen/956613 "2021-12-25T00:17:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-flag-has-date-for-event-that-did-not-happen/956613/1 "2021-12-25T00:17:17Z")

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Nobody can prove that this happened on 5/20/1775

> **[Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Declaration_of_Independence)**
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> The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is a text published in 1819 with the now disputed claim that it was the first declaration of independence made in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. It was supposedly signed on May 20, 1775, in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a committee of citizens of Mecklenburg County, who declared independence from Great Britain after hearing of the battle of Lexington. If true, the Mecklenburg Decla...

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-flag-has-date-for-event-that-did-not-happen/956613/2 "2021-12-25T00:33:44Z")

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Number 1 exquisite irony to post calendar anomalies on Christmas Day.

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**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-flag-has-date-for-event-that-did-not-happen/956613/3 "2021-12-25T00:42:07Z")

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I always knew there was something fishy about that Mecklenburg thing, what say we just declare New Hampshire is No. 1, then we can all move forward.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-flag-has-date-for-event-that-did-not-happen/956613/4 "2022-01-04T00:30:10Z")

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they are going to change it to Trump’s victory date last year. 🙂