Happy Birthday North Carolina!!
Today in 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in America!
State Capital: Raleigh
State Motto: "Esse quam videri" (To be rather than to seem)
State Flower: Dogwood
State Bird: Northern Cardinal
State Tree: Pine Tree
State Animal: Gray Squirrel
State Nickname: The Tarheel State
In 1961, two nuclear bombs 260 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima were accidentally dropped over Goldsboro, N.C.. One of the bombs even activated, but was defused by an emergency kill switch that was known to be regularly faulty.
Cape Hatteras is the largest lighthouse ever to be moved due to erosion problems
The Venus Fly-Trap is native to Hampstead
Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Fayetteville on March 7, 1914.
North Carolina was one of the first states in the U.S. to establish a state symphony. The North Carolina Symphony, founded in 1943, currently performs nearly 185 full-orchestra concerts each year.
