https://janetswritingblog.com/2026/05/20/onthisday-mecklenburg-declaration-of-independence-1775-3/Janet's Writing Blogen2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00#OnThisDay: Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775Archibald McCurdy, John McKnitt Alexander, Traveling Through History: A Collection of Historical Short Stories by Janet Morrison, Maggie Sellers McCurdy, Raleigh Register newspaper, North Carolina state flag, The Hornet's Nest: The Story of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, by LeGette Blythe and Charles Raven Brockmannhttps://janetswritingblog.com/2026/05/19/attacks-on-nature-are-never-ending/Janet's Writing Blogen2026-05-19T10:01:00+00:00Attacks on Nature are Never-EndingArlington National Cemetery, EPA, conservation, Bureau of Land Management, Public Lands Rule, Conservation & Landscape Health Rule, Environmental Protection Agency, coal wastewater, clean energy, Trump's Triumphal Arch, Reflecting Pool, competitive public bidding process