North Carolina State Toast Explained

"A Toast"^[1] was adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1957:^[2]

Common 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, deliver the toast twice annually, once at their annual 'December' formal and one at their 'April' semiformal.^[3]

People inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine become "cultural ambassadors of the state" and "can propose the state toast at any time."^[4]

See also

• "The Old North State", North Carolina's state song.

References

1. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_149.html North Carolina General Statutes, c. 149 §149-2
2. Original citation - North Carolina Laws 1957 c. 777
3. Web site: Burges. Steve. Senator DeMaria Ready to Toast. diphi.web.unc.edu. 1 September 2014.
4. News: Beckwith. Ryan Teague. What is the Order of the Long Leaf Pine?. October 23, 2012. Raleigh News & Observer. 26 June 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111029025909/http://projects.newsobserver.com/faq/what_is_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine. 29 October 2011.