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Toast
Toast most commonly refers to:
* Toast (food), bread browned with dry heat
* Toast (honor), a ritual in which a drink is taken
Toast may also refer to:
Places
* Toast, North Carolina, a census-designated place in the United States
Books
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" was adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly
The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...
in 1957:
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, theDialectic and Philanthropic Societies
The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, commonly known as DiPhi or The Societies, are the original collegiate debating societies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and together comprise the oldest student organization at the Uni ...
, deliver the toast twice annually.
People inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, created in 1964, is an honor that can be granted in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2021, it was believed the Order had been awarded to more than 21,000 people.
The Order
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is ...
become "cultural ambassadors of the state" and "can propose the state toast at any time."{{cite news, last=Beckwith, first=Ryan Teague, title=What is the Order of the Long Leaf Pine?, url=http://projects.newsobserver.com/faq/what_is_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine, accessdate=October 23, 2012, newspaper=Raleigh News & Observer, date=26 June 2007, url-status=dead, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029025909/http://projects.newsobserver.com/faq/what_is_the_order_of_the_long_leaf_pine, archivedate=29 October 2011
See also
* "The Old North State
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
", North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
's state song.
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