Hi, my name is Courtney Harrison and I chose North Carolina, or the Tar Heel State, as my state for this project.

Out of all of the US state universities, the University of North Carolina is the oldest of them all.

Krispy Kreme was founded right in the middle of North Carolina: Winston-Salem.

Babe Ruth hit his very first home run in north Carolina in the town of Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 7th in 1914.

The NC motto is "Esse Quam Videri", which is Latin for "to be, rather than to seem".

North Carolina adopted milk as its state beverage.

The 11th president of the US, James K. Polk was born is the NC county of Mecklenburg.

North Carolina is the only state of the 50 states to be able to proudly say that they have exactly 100 counties.

The Biltmore Estate in Asheville is the largest home in the country, boasting 256 rooms and a huge garden. Construction started in 1889, and took six years to complete.

The end! I hope you have learned something new and interesting about North Carolina that you didn't know before!