Wednesday 3 August 2016

By Ned Sons


The official South Carolina Flag was adopted in the year 1861 by the state. According to South Carolina Flag history, the designer of the flag was Colonel William Moultrie.

This Colonel was requested by Revolutionary Council of Safety to plan and give shape to a new flag for the South Carolina regiments in 1775 at the time of the American Revolution.

Consequently, the palmetto was adopted by South Carolinians as their chief state symbol and as a component of new flag designs. Different “Palmetto Flags” flew in the early 19th century, becoming ubiquitous in late 1860 and early 1861 after South Carolina seceded from the Union.

A Palmetto tree was added and centered on the blue field. The Palmetto, the South Carolina State Tree, had been attributed as instrumental in Colonel Moultrie's defense of Sullivan's Island against an attack by British warships in June 1776. Cannonballs fired at the fort from the British ships could not destroy the walls of the fort which were built of Palmetto logs. Instead, the cannonballs simply sank into the soft, tough Palmetto wood.

This incident took place in 1776 on Sullivan's Island while attacking the British fleet. The tree is also suggestive of the state's nickname, which is the "Palmetto State". The South Carolina flag is simple yet full of deep meaning that makes it one of the remarkable state flags of the US.

There is a barrage of cheap and inferior South Carolina flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of South Carolina flag for the future.




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