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The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, created in 1965, is the highest civilian
Civilian

A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by law enforcement agency, which often use rank structures similar to those of military units...
 honor that can be granted in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
.The pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta 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....
 is the official state tree of North Carolina. As of Dec 31, 2006, the Order
Order (decoration)

An order is a decoration, awarded by a government, a Dynasty, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity....
 has been awarded to 6,672 individuals.

The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is among the most prestigious awards presented by the Governor of North Carolina
Governor of North Carolina

The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the United States state of North Carolina. Bev Perdue, the current governor, is North Carolina's first female governor....
. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is presented to individuals who have a proven record of extraordinary service
Civil service

The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis of merit which is proven by the use of competitive examinations....
 to the state.






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The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, created in 1965, is the highest civilian
Civilian

A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces. The term is also often used colloquially to refer to people who are not members of a particular profession or occupation, especially by law enforcement agency, which often use rank structures similar to those of military units...
 honor that can be granted in the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state of North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
.The pine
Pine

Pines are Pinophyta 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....
 is the official state tree of North Carolina. As of Dec 31, 2006, the Order
Order (decoration)

An order is a decoration, awarded by a government, a Dynasty, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity....
 has been awarded to 6,672 individuals.

The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is among the most prestigious awards presented by the Governor of North Carolina
Governor of North Carolina

The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the United States state of North Carolina. Bev Perdue, the current governor, is North Carolina's first female governor....
. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is presented to individuals who have a proven record of extraordinary service
Civil service

The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis of merit which is proven by the use of competitive examinations....
 to the state. Contributions to their communities, extra effort in their careers, and many years of service to their organizations are some of the guidelines by which recipients are selected for this award. The honor is most often presented when a person retires
Retirement

Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. A person may also semi-retire and keep some sort of retirement job, out of choice rather than necessity....
.

A state employee can be awarded The Order if the employee has contributed more than 30 years of dedicated and enthusiastic service to the state of North Carolina.

The Order is similar to honors bestowed in other states, such as the Kentucky colonel
Kentucky colonel

Kentucky Colonel is an honorary title bestowed upon individuals by approval of the governor of Kentucky. It is not a military rank, requires no duties, and carries with it no pay or compensation other than membership in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels....
 and South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
's Order of the Palmetto
Order of the Palmetto

The Order of the Palmetto is one of the two highest civilian honors awarded by the Governor of South Carolina. The other honor is "The Order of the Silver Crescent."...
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Recipients

  • Michael Jordan
    Michael Jordan

    Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a retired United States professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instr...
     
  • Charles Kuralt
    Charles Kuralt

    Charles Kuralt was an award-winning United States journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on CBS Evening News, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years....
  • Maya Angelou
  • Rev. Billy Graham
    Billy Graham

    William Franklin Graham Jr. better known as Billy Graham, is an American evangelism and an Evangelicalism Christian . He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple President of the United States and was number seven on The Gallup Organization Gallup's List of Widely Admired People for the 20th century....
  • William C. Friday
    William C. Friday

    William Clyde "Bill" Friday was born on July 13, 1920 in Raphine, Virginia and raised in Dallas, North Carolina. He served as the head of the University of North Carolina system from 1956 to 1986....
  • Rick Hendrick
    Rick Hendrick

    Joseph Riddick Hendrick III , better known as Rick Hendrick is an owner of several NASCAR stock cars and teams, as well as Hendrick Automotive Group, one of the largest Automobile chains in the United States....
  • Doug Marlette
    Doug Marlette

    Douglas Nigel Marlette was a Pulitzer Prize-winning United States editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction."...
  • Fred Chappell
    Fred Chappell

    Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002....
  • Lloyd V. Hackley
    Lloyd V. Hackley

    Lloyd V. ?Vic? Hackley is an educational administrator in North Carolina who was named in July 2007 as the interim chancellor of Fayetteville State University....
     
  • Bob Timberlake
    Bob Timberlake

    Bob Timberlake is a former College Football All-America Team American football player who played for the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines from 1962–1964 and for the New York Giants in the National Football League in 1965....


Certificate

The certificate reads in part:

"Reposing special confidence in the integrity, learning and zeal of [honoree], I [the Governor of North Carolina] do by these presents confer The Order of the Long Leaf Pine with the rank of Ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 Extraordinary, privileged to enjoy fully all rights granted to members of this exalted order, among which is the special privilege to propose the following North Carolina toast in select company anywhere in the free world:"

Here's to the land

of the long leaf pine,

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!

This is the first verse of the official toast of North Carolina
North Carolina State Toast

The Tar Heel toast was adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1957::Here's to the land of the Longleaf Pine,:The summer land where the sun doth shine,:Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great,:Here's to the land of the cotton bloom white,:Where the scuppernong perfumes the breeze at night,:Where the soft southern moss...
, from a poem by Leonora Martin and Mary Burke Kerr.