Charlotte History Festival: This is Meck April 20

Charlotte History Festival: This is Meck takes place Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Independence Park, 300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina.

This free history festival, presented in partnership with Trail of History, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation.

The festival will feature performers, speakers, artists, historical and community organizations, food and beverages.

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Festival Participants

MeckRoots
Charlotte Trail of History
Charlotte Liberty Walk
City of Charlotte
Levine Museum of the New South
Historic Landmarks Commission
Partners For Parks
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charlotte Museum of History
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
UNC Charlotte Atkins Library Special Collections
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, NPS
Kings Mountain National Military Park, NPS
Central Piedmont Community College
NAACP
The Brooklyn Collective
Historic Rosedale
President James K Polk State Historic Site
Johnson C Smith University
Sullenberger Aviation Museum
International House

Performers, Speakers and Artists

David Fleming – Author
Lakeetha Blakeney – Actor
Tom Eure and Amelia Osborne – Musicians
Charlotte is Creative
Dan Nance

Food and Beverage

Lost Worlds Brewing
Thrashers Dawgs

The Trail of History, on Little Sugar Creek Greenway, features statues that represent Charlotte’s 250-year diverse ethnic, religious and political history.

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