NATIONAL NORTH CAROLINA DAYAs we near the last of the original 13 colonies, National North Carolina Day recognizes the 12th state to join the Union.The Tar Heel state was the first state to vote for independence from the British at the first Continental Congress. Before the Civil War, North Carolina resisted secession from the Union.As a whole, the state was vehemently against dividing the nation even after other states had signed agreements to secede. Eventually, public opinion changed and the state was swayed to join the Confederacy. For more updates on this you may get from source.