The Charlotte Companion

A disputed declaration that may predate the nation's founding, a skyline built on banking, and NASCAR racing in its blood --- North Carolina's Queen City, with room to make it yours. The Charlotte Companion's signature chapter takes on a question most visitors never think to ask: The Disputed Declaration That May Have Preceded America's Founding. North Carolina's state flag and seal both carry a date over a year before the actual Declaration of Independence --- commemorating a document historians still can't agree ever existed.