Macon GOP hosts ‘first in freedom’ anniversary dinner
The Macon County Republican Party will host a 250th anniversary celebration of the first declaration of independence from Great Britain and King George III in the Thirteen Colonies, preceding the U.S. Declaration of Independence by more than a year.
On May 20, 1775, residents of Mecklenburg County declared themselves a “free and independent people” in a document now referred to as the “Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence,” which gave rise to the date’s enshrinement on the North Carolina Flag.
The event will be held on May 22 at 23 East Main St., in Franklin. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Speakers, including NCGOP chair Jason Simmons, Sen. Kevin Corbin (R-Macon) and Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon) begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $75, tables $600. Purchase tickets by May 8 at macongop.org or buy them in person at the Macon County Republican Party headquarters, located at 867 Highlands Road in Franklin, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays.
— Cory Vaillancourt, Politics Editor
