North Carolina State Toast - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

"A Toast
Toast (honor)
A toast is a ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. The term may be applied to the person or thing so honored, the drink taken, or the verbal expression accompanying the drink. Thus, a person could be "the toast of the evening," for whom someone "proposes a toast"...

" was adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina General Assembly

The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...

in 1957:

Here's to the land of the long leaf pine

Longleaf Pine

Pinus palustris, commonly known as the Longleaf Pine, is a pine native to the southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from eastern Texas to southeast Virginia extending into northern and central Florida....

The summer land where the sun doth shine,

Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great,

Here's to "Down Home," the Old North State!

Here's to the land of the cotton

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

bloom white,

Where the scuppernong

Scuppernong

The scuppernong is a large variety of muscadine , a species of grape native to the southeastern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and larger and first known as the 'big white grape'...

perfumes the breeze at night,

Where the soft southern moss and jessamine

Jessamine

Jessamine may refer to:* Jessamine , a 1990s post-rock band from Ohio* "Jesamine" , popular UK song recorded by The Casuals-Plants:* Cestrum, a genus of flowering plants...

mate,

'Neath the murmuring pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

s of the Old North State!

Here's to the land where the galax

Galax

Galax is a genus in the flowering plant family Diapensiaceae, containing a single species, Galax urceolata...

grows,

Where the rhododendron

Rhododendron

Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...

's rosette glows,

Where soars Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell (North Carolina)

Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in the eastern United States. It was the highest point in any state of the United States until Texas joined the union in 1845. The nearest higher point east of the Rocky Mountains is Harney Peak in the Black Hills...

's summit great,

In the "Land of the Sky," in the Old North State!

Here's to the land where maidens are fair,

Where friends are true and cold hearts rare,

The near land, the dear land, whatever fate,

The blessed land, the best land, the Old North State!

Uses

The State Toast is used at some functions within the University of North Carolina. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's oldest student organization The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies

The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, commonly known as Di-Phi, are the debate and literary societies of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.- History :...

deliver the toast twice annually.

Uses

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