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Thursday, January 17, 2008
 South Carolina State Flag Size: 3'x5' most popular size The state flag of South Carolina was officially adopted in 1861. It has a white crescent and a white palmetto tree on a blue ground. Three white crescents (on a blue background) were first used on a South Carolina banner protesting the Stamp Act in 1765. In 1775, Colonel William Moultrie designed a banner for South Carolina troops; it had a white crescent on a blue field. When South Carolina seceded from the Union, the palmetto tree was added to the flag. The palmetto tree was chosen because this tree had helped South Carolinians defeat the British in a battle at Sullivan's Island (during the Revolutionary War). The South Carolinians built a fort out of palmetto wood, and when the British fired cannonballs at the fort, instead of knocking the fort down, the soft palmetto wood just absorbed the cannonballs. State Capital: Columbia Largest City: Columbia Entered Union: May 23, 1788 Status: South Carolina was the 8th state in the USA and the 40th biggest state State Flower: Yellow Jessamine State Tree: Sabal Palmetto State Bird: Carolina wren State Song: Carolina State Nickname: Palmetto State State Motto: "Dum Spiro Spero" - While I breathe, I hope Bordering States: Georgia, North Carolina Origin of the Name: South Carolina was named to honor King Charles I (Carolus is Latin for Charles). Related topics US State Flags America Flag Canada Flag Rebel Flag Historical Flag by: Flags Mart 
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