These documents put North Carolina at the beginning of the American Independence movement as one of the original colonies. The flag is as much a cultural phenomenon today as it is a symbol.

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

GREENVILLE, North Carolina (WCTI) – In North Carolina, there’s a debate between patriotic symbolism and breaking city rules.