Pittsboro observed Halifax Day Monday, April 12, with appropriate exercises at the school in which a number of citizens of the town participated. Mr. R.G. Shannonhouse, rector of the Episcopal church, opened the program with prayer. The state songs, “Ho for Carolina” and “The Old North State” were sung by the school. Miss Clyde Edwards read the Governor’s Proclamation.
Attorney D.L. Bell, in a short address, gave a very concise summary of the causes which led up to the Halifax Resolve; read the resolution which was our Declaration of Independence and emphasized the importance of our annual observance of the 12th of April.
Of interest to many who have recently become Chathamites were the names of those who were delegates to the convention from this county. They were Ambrose Ramsey, Joshua Rosser, Jeduthan Harper, John Thompson, and Elisha Cane. Most of these names are still familiar ones in the county.
Another interesting feature of the program was the presentation of a beautiful North Carolina flag to the school by the children of the Confederacy, the Henry London Chapter. It was presented with a few well-chosen words by the leader of the chapter, Miss Carrie Jackson, and very eloquently received by the principal of the school, Mr. A.V. Nolan. From the front page of the Chatham Record, Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, April 15, 1926
Halifax Day commemorates the state’s adoption of the Halifax Resolves in 1776, which were the first official actions by any colony to call for independence from British rules. This is why North Carolina is said to be “First in Freedom.”
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