Mark Pace Speaking as Patriot John Penn: Musings & Reflections on the Declaration of Independence & the Current State of Our Union in the Year 1788

Mark Pace was born and raised in Henderson, Vance County, N.C. For the past sixteen years, he has been the North Carolina Room Specialist at the Thorton Library in Oxford, N.C., and moved to Oxford in 2012. With a passion for researching local history for over 45 years, he considers it an honor to be the caretaker of one of North Carolina's most celebrated local history and genealogical libraries.

Since 2018, Pace has portrayed Granville County, N.C.'s own signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Penn.

Pace has been honored for his impersonations of Penn in venues across North Carolina & Virginia, including state libraries and museums. In recent talks, Pace has delivered Penn's "talk of the day" concerning the trials of adopting the Declaration of Independence, as well as discussing his efforts to assist the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War.

This event will take place in the Warner Meeting Room on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact Traci Thompson, Local History Librarian & Genealogist, at (252) 442-1951 ext. 247