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On the morning of May 20, 1775, patriots of Mecklenburg County declared themselves free and independent of Great Britain by signing the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, more than a year before the national Declaration of Independence. The signing took place in a rustic backwoods courthouse that stood nearby at the center of the intersection of Trade and Tryon Streets. In 1819, the Congress of the United States declared that Mecklenburg County in North Carolina was the cradle of American liberty.
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