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| The Delaware Monument along the New Garden Road in the Gulford Courthouse National Military Park. The bodies of two American soldiers killed durring the Battle of Guilford Courthouse were intered here. It is believed that the men were from a Delaware regiment. |
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| Website : www.ncgov.com |
 Capital
: Raleigh |
 Highest
point : Mount
Mitchell, 6,684 feet |
 Area : 53,821 square miles,
28th largest state |
 Population : 8,049,313
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: Esse
quam videri (To be rather than to seem) |
 Admitted to
Union : November 21, 1789 |
 State
Song : "The Old North State" |
 State Bird : Cardinal
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 State Flower : Dogwood |
 State Tree : Pine |
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