CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - There are several references to hornets or a hornet’s nest in Charlotte.
Nolan Dahm, the exhibits manager at the Charlotte Museum of History, recently took time to explain the origin of the “hornet’s nest” reference as it applies to the city’s history.
Dahm said the reference dates to the Revolutionary War. In the later years of the war, the British military was trying to retake the southern colonies in America. Dahm said that American troops repelled the British troops in Charlotte. He said historians believe that American effort led to British general Lord Charles Cornwallis calling Charlotte a ‘hornet’s nest of rebellion.’
“It says a lot about Charlotte’s identity and who Charlotte has wanted to be,” Dahm said. “We’ve always embraced that rebel identity. I th