May 20 is "Meck Dec Day," marking the date in 1775 when the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was said to have been ...

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was signed a year before all the American colonies split from British rule.

Protests against President Donald Trump’s administration are starting to sound like the grievances listed in the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. In making such a comparison ...

NICK DE LA CANAL, BYLINE: If you've never heard of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, here's historian Scott Syfert with a primer. He's sipping beer inside a brewery, where he just ...