Bob Plott has won the prestigious North Carolina Long Leaf Pine Award
January 22nd, 2016
"Happy to tell everyone that Bob has won the prestigious North Carolina Long Leaf Pine Award.
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award is among the prestigious awards given by the Governor of North Carolina. It is awarded to persons for exemplary service to the State of North Carolina that is above and beyond the call of duty, and which has made a significant impact and strengthened North Carolina.
Bob, you have done an excellent job in North Carolina, and this recognition is well deserved.
Bob’s efforts throughout the years has and will continue to significantly impact and strengthen the state of North Carolina.
Bob continues to interview citizens of North Carolina in an effort to preserve history, their traditions, backgrounds, beliefs, ideologies and the cultures that are indeed priceless to the state.
I’m sure all your friends and family members join with me in saying, well done, and Congratulations!
This award will officially be presented at Mountain Heritage Day in Cullowhee, NC, Saturday, September 24, 2016. MARK YOUR CALENDAR."
Linda Chastain
Among the honors and awards the Governor of North Carolina can bestow, none is more valued than The Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Since its creation in 1963, it has been presented to honor persons who have a proven record of service to the State of North Carolina or some other special achievement, and to others as a gesture of friendship and good will. Upon being named to The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the honoree receives a certificate by which the Governor confers upon the recipient “…the rank of Ambassador 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!”
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