ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA

By: Hannah Terry

The Flag and About It!

The official South Carolina Flag was adopted in the year 1861 by the state. It is gathered from the South Carolina Flag history, that 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. The state was the 8th to gain admission to the Union in 1788 and also one of the 13 original colonies. To add more meaning to the South Carolina Flag, certain modifications were made to the original design, which have come down to the people through the ages

CAROLINA WRITTEN BY HENRY TIMROD

COMPOSED BY ANNE CUST IS BURGESS

HOLD UP THE GLORIES OF THY DEAD; SAY HOW THY ELDER CHILDREN BLED, AND POINT TO EUTAW'S BATTLE-BED.

CAROLINA! CAROLINA!

THROW THY BOLD BANNER TO THE BREEZE! FRONT WITH THY RANKS THE THREATENING

SEAS LIKE THINE OWN PROUD ARMORIAL TREES,

CAROLINA! CAROLINA!

THY SKIRTS INDEED THE FOE MAY PART,THY ROBE BE PIERCED WITH SWORD AND

DART, THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH THY NOBLE HEART,

CAROLINA! CAROLINA!

GIRT WITH SUCH WILLS TO DO AND BEAR,ASSURED IN RIGHT, AND MAILED IN PRAYER,

THOU WILT NOT BOW THEE TO DESPAIR,CAROLINA! CAROLINA!

The States Song

Twig: Absent, since leaves appear directly out of un-branched trunk.

Bark: Gray brown, tough, splits vertically. Form: Tall (to 80 feet), straight trunk with a short rounded

crown.

South Carolina State Tree is The Cabbage palmetto

1 . C a m p b e l l ' s C o v e r e d B r i d g e b u i l t i n 1 9 0 9 , i s t h e o n l y r e m a i n i n g c o v e r e d b r i d g e i n S o u t h C a r o l i n a .

O ff H w y 1 4 n e a r G o w e n s v i l l e .  

2 . T h e s a l a m a n d e r w a s g i v e n t h e h o n o r o f o ffi c i a l s t a t e a m p h i b i a n .

 

3 . T h e w a l l s o f t h e A m e r i c a n f o r t o n S u l l i v a n I s l a n d , i n C h a r l e s t o n H a r b o r, w e r e m a d e o f

s p o n g y P a l m e t t o l o g s . T h i s w a s h e l p f u l i n p r o t e c t i n g t h e f o r t b e c a u s e t h e B r i t i s h

c a n n o n b a l l s b o u n c e d o ff t h e l o g s .  

4 . T h e C i t y o f M y r t l e B e a c h i s i n t h e c e n t e r o f t h e G r a n d S t r a n d , a 6 0 - m i l e c r e s c e n t o f b e a c h o n t h e S o u t h C a r o l i n a c o a s t . I n t h e l a s t 2 5 y e a r s , M y r t l e

B e a c h h a s d e v e l o p e d i n t o t h e p r e m i e r r e s o r t d e s t i n a t i o n o n t h e E a s t C o a s t .

 

5 . S o u t h C a r o l i n a e n t e r e d t h e U n i o n o n M a y 2 3 , 1 7 8 8 a n d b e c a m e t h e 8 t h s t a t e .

The States 5 Facts

The States Bird Named The GREAT CAROLINA

WRENTHE FLIGHT OF THIS BIRD IS PERFORMED BY SHORT FLAPPINGS OF THE WINGS, THE CONCAVE UNDER SURFACES OF WHICH OCCASION A LOW RUSTLING, AS IT

MOVES TO THE DISTANCE OF A FEW STEPS ONLY AT EACH START. IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY VIOLENT JERKS OF THE TAIL AND BODY, AND IS BY NO MEANS

GRACEFUL. IN THIS MANNER THE CAROLINA WREN MOVES FROM ONE FENCE-RAIL TO ANOTHER, FROM LOG TO LOG, UP AND DOWN AMONG THE LOW

BRANCHES OF BUSHES PILES OF WOOD, AND DECAYED ROOTS OF PROSTRATE TREES, OR BETWEEN THE STALKS OF CANES. ITS TAIL IS ALMOST CONSTANTLY

ERECT, AND BEFORE IT STARTS TO MAKE THE LEAST FLIGHT OR LEAP, IT USES A QUICK MOTION, WHICH BRINGS ITS BODY ALMOST INTO CONTACT WITH THE

OBJECT ON WHICH IT STANDS, AND THEN SPRINGS FROM ITS LEGS. ALL THIS IS ACCOMPANIED WITH A STRONG CHIRR-UP, UTTERED AS IF THE BIRD WERE IN AN

ANGRY MOOD, AND REPEATED AT SHORT INTERVALS.

Officially adopted by the General Assembly on February 1, 1924, for the following reasons: it is indigenous to every nook and corner of the State; it is the first premonitor

of coming Spring; its fragrance greets us first in the woodland and its delicate flower suggests the pureness of gold; its perpetual return out of the dead Winter suggests the lesson of constancy in, loyalty to and patriotism in the service of the State. "No flower

that blooms holds such perfume, As kindness and sympathy won. Wherever there grows the sheltering pine Is clinging a Yellow Jessamine vine." From "Legend of the Yellow

Jessamine," by Mrs. Teresa Strickland of Anderson, South Carolina, when the flower was made the emblem of Dixie Chapter, U.D.C., about 1906. The "Carolina or Yellow

Jessamine" is defined by the New International Encyclopedia as "A climbing plant which grows upon trees and fences and bears a profusion of yellow, funnel-shaped flowers an

inch in diameter, with a fragrance similar to that of the true Jasmine." Its odor on a damp evening or morning fills the atmosphere with a rare and delicate sweetness.

South Carolina State Flower

The Motto “While I breath I

hope”

The States Nickname It is called “The

Palmetto State”

The States Motto and Its Nickname

The States CapitalThe Capital is Columbia.

The State

      State Treasurer Converse Chellis

"Our mission is to serve the citizens of South Carolina by providing the most efficient banking, investment and financial management service for South Carolina State Government. Our commitment is to safeguard our State’s financial resources and to maximize return on our State’s investments."

Some Of The States Coins

The Websites that I used

50states.comGoolge

And last but not least ASK.com