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| North Carolina Facts |
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Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was born in the Waxsaws area on the border of North and South Carolina. |
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North Carolina was one of the first states in the U.S. to establish a state symphony. The North Carolina Symphony, founded in 1943, currently performs nearly 185 full-orchestra concerts each year. |
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The town of Wendell, North Carolina town was named for the American writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes. |
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