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    Fountain of Queen Charlotte outside airport

    Fountain of Queen Charlotte outside airport

    This statue outside the main terminal in Charlotte NC surprised me for a moment.  I hadn’t expected to see anything venerating English royalty here so near the heart of independence.  But in reality Charlotte is named after Queen Charlotte, just like the islands off the coast of BC and the capital of PEI.  In colonial history, the Carolinas were first put in the hands of a trading company, similar to Hudson’s Bay Company and then when the residents doubted the proprietors had prepared enough defense against the Spanish who were threatening from Florida, the people petitioned to become a province of the crown. Independence came much later.

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