Halifax, North Carolina

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On April 12, 1776 — nearly three months before the Declaration of Independence — the Fourth Provincial Congress of North Carolina met in Halifax and passed the Halifax Resolves, explicitly authorizing North Carolina's delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Britain. It was the first formal governmental action in America authorizing independence. The date, April 12, is now a North Carolina state holiday. Historic Halifax State Historic Site preserves the town's eighteenth-century streetscape.