Join historical interpreters as they reenact events surrounding the joyous news of the recent passage of a Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. See a reenactor portray Cornelius Harnett, President of the Council of Safety, reading the Declaration for the first time in North Carolina, to a crowd assembled at the Halifax Courthouse on August 1, 1776.
Friday, August 1, 2025 (12pm) - Independence Comes to North Carolina
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