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NORTH CAROLINA STATE FACTS:

North Carolina, the 28th-largest state in size and the 11th largest in population, is known as the Tar Heel State. One legend says that when Gen. Charles Cornwallis' soldiers crossed a river polluted with tar, the tar stuck to soldiers' feet and the nickname stuck with North Carolinians. Another legend asserts that during the Civil War, North Carolina's soldiers successfully finished a battle that other regiments had abandoned. Later, the North Carolina soldiers said the other soldiers needed tar on their heels so they would "stick better" in the next fight. Gen. Robert E. Lee, upon hearing of the incident, said, "God bless the Tar Heel Boys."

Population: 7,650,789

State Motto: "To Be Rather Than To Seem"

State Song: "The Old North State"

State Beverage: Milk

State Bird: Cardinal

State Boat: Shad Boat

State Colors: Red and Blue

State Dog: Plott Hound

State Fish: Channel Bass

State Flower: Dogwood

State Insect: Honey Bee

State Mammal: Gray Squirrel

State Reptile: Eastern Box Turtle

State Rock: Granite

State Shell: Scotch Bonnet

State Stone: Emerald

State Tree: Pine

State Vegetable: Sweet Potato

Courtesy of NEWCOMER MAGAZINE

Summer/Fall 2000

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