To understand why North Carolina claims the title, you have to travel to Halifax, a small town with an outsized place in American history. The phrase originates from the Halifax Resolves, a document adopted on April 12, 1776, that authorized North Carolina's delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain.
Source: ABC 11
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