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On January 26, 1861, following secession from the Union, the South Carolina legislature adopted a blue flag with a white crescent at the hoist and a white oval and golden palmetto in the centre. Two days later the palmetto was changed to white and the oval was omitted. That flag has continued to represent the state ever since.
A white palmetto tree on an indigo field. The canton contains a white crescent. The flag of South Carolina is a symbol of the U.S. state of South Carolina consisting of a blue field with a white palmetto tree and white crescent. Roots of this design have existed in some form since 1775, being based on one of the first American Revolutionary War ...
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Jan 31, 2022 · Truth be told, the South Carolina State flag has been in transition ever since Colonel William Moultrie assembled a banner of dark blue with a crescent shape in the upper left corner of a flag in 1776. The color was from the patriot uniforms and the crescent was from a similar shape worn on the caps of soldiers with the word “LIBERTY ...
Jun 28, 2019 · The Fort Moultrie Flag. The Ft. Moultrie Flag. Col. Moultrie’s chose blue to be the color of the flag so that it would match the color of his soldiers’ uniforms. The crescent, with the word “liberty” written across it, also paid homage to their uniforms: their caps were adorned with silver crescents, along with the words “Liberty or ...
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Aug 1, 2016 · 1776 –. South Carolina’s blue flag with its white crescent moon rising above the white palmetto tree is simple in design but profoundly symbolic of a long history. Born for practicality, South Carolina’s first state flag was a signal device used in the opening days of the Revolutionary War. In 1776 the Council of Safety ordered Colonel ...
Location of South Carolina in the United States of America. The state of South Carolina has many official state symbols, holidays and designations and they have been selected to represent the history, resources, and possibilities of the state. The palmetto and crescent of the state flag is South Carolina's best-known symbol.
Dating back to 1765, the South Carolina State Flag reminds us of its role in the American Revolution and maintains its place in the annals of the Civil War with a design that was formulated as a national banner when the state seceded from the union on December 20, 1860. Components of the current state flag were first seen in 1765, on a banner ...
