USRC Diligence

Historical marker location:

New Bern, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of East Front Street (Business U.S. 70) and South Front Street, on the right when traveling south on East Front Street.)

Marker installed: 1980

The state's largest city, Charlotte, was named after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.