06/29/2026
Because so many people have questions, and because SPEVCO’s name continues to be tied to this situation, we believe it is important to address it directly.
When SPEVCO was asked to participate in the Freedom 250 Great American State Fair, we were genuinely honored and excited to help represent the State of North Carolina during our nation's 250th anniversary.
As part of the event, participating organizations provided promotional videos and logos to be displayed throughout the North Carolina exhibit. Shortly before the event, the event organizers provided a historical video about North Carolina that has been publicly available for over 4 years on YouTube. The history video provided did contain a short look back on the 1800's and the different flags and opinions of them.
The video in question can be found: https://youtu.be/Go-SsjLXJJg?si=z3XS_33yqMa-WFyT
SPEVCO wants to be absolutely clear:
*There was never an actual flag in the NC tent.
*There was never digital slides with a flag on them.
*What was shown on many outlets and social media was a screen shot of the few seconds the flag was shown from the YouTube video being played on the screens. SPEVCO did not create, produce, edit, approve, or select this historical video to be shown at the NC tent.
Unfortunately, some reporting and commentary surrounding this issue has not reflected the full context of the video or SPEVCO's role. As a result, many people have had questions due to the stories being posted do not have the full story being shared that it was a history video, with voice over being played at that time, not flags or slides.
It has been disheartening to our organization after we have given so much time, talent and resources to be associated with something that does not reflect the values of our organization.