N.C Symbols

Alonzo & Jonathan

Map of N.C

First Governor

• You eating those donut aren't you

North Carolina's state capitol

North Carolina's state capitol rises majestically on Union Square in downtown Raleigh, a city specifically created in 1792 to serve as North Carolina's permanent capital. Built between 1833-40, the granite building is one of the finest and best preserved examples of civic Greek Revival architecture in the United States. Relatively small in comparison to many other state capitols, this impressive structure has stood as a symbol of pride to North Carolinians for more than 150 years

N.C bird

• Cardinals are the states• Bird it is red

N.C flower

• Dogwoods are pretty• And they are white

State Flag

• The flag is an emblem of antiquity and has commanded respect and reverence from practically all nations from the earliest times. History traces it to divine origin, the early peoples of the earth attributing to it strange, mysterious, and supernatural powers

Motto

• The motto is a literal translation of a phrase from a sentence in Cicero's

The General Assembly of 1893 adopted the words "Esse Quam Videri" as the State's motto and directed that these words with the date "20 May, 1775," be placed with our Coat of Arms upon the Great Seal of the State

Name (Carolina) and Nicknames (The Old North State or The Tar Heel State

• The word Carolina comes from Carolus, the Latin form of the name Charles

State Tree

• The pine was officially designated as the State Tree by the General Assembly of 1963

Sweet Potato

• The sweet potato was officially designated the State Vegetable by the General Assembly of 1995

• The General Assembly of 1973 designated the emerald as the official State Precious Stone. . A greater variety of minerals, more than 300, have been found in North Carolina than in any other state

• In 2003, the General Assembly designated the Carolina Lily (Lilium michauxii) as the official State wildflower

State Seal

• A seal for important documents was used before the government was ever implemented in North Carolina. During the colonial period North Carolina used successively four different seals. Since independence six seals have been used