South Carolina Flag

The history of South Carolina flag begins in 1775, here the question came that who made the south carolina flag so, a design was demanded by the Revolutionary Council of Safety from Colonel William Moultrie, to design a flag for the South Carolina troops use in basis for the warfare with England. So the William Moultrie was the one who created the south Carolina flag for the first time, he had chosen a blue color that was the color of the Carolina soldier’s uniforms and a crescent moon that harmonized the emblem shabby on the front of their caps. The old South Carolina flags have minor difference as compare to the current flag of South Carolina. There is big time difference between the adoption of the South Carolina flag history and the South Carolina itself. The South Carolina is included in the 13 original colonies of the USA that joined the amalgamation of America at very start. South Carolina becomes the state of USA on 23rd May 1788. While the adoption of the South Carolina state flag happened at 28th January 1861. The other name of the South Carolina state or the nick name of the South Carolina is the Palmetto state. On 26 Mar, 1776 in Charleston, an independent government place by Second South Carolina Provincial Congress set up, finale British rule in the colony and the chosen President was John Rutledge.

After so many years, on 20th Dec 1860 when South Carolina once again gained its independence and right of freedom after leaving the Union, this time from the Federal Union, there was a desperate need of the people of South Carolina for their national South Carolina flag. Till January 28, 1861 the General Assembly measured a wide range of designs, but, added the palmetto to Moultrie's original design, thus legitimately producing the South Carolina state flag as we know it today. The flag of South Carolina have blue background, and a white color crescent is drawn at the upper left side of the flag and a palmetto tree is drawn at the quite center of the flag with white color. The tree symbolized, in June 1776, the Sullivan's Island colonial victory of palmetto-log fort against the British and the legitimately approved the new design of the National Flag of the Republic of South Carolina. In 1899, a resolution suggested for altering the color to "royal purple" as a commemorative sign to the Confederate dead. As a statute the flag displayed in this State, inside every public school over the building so that all school children educated under the South Carolina state flag right admiration, flown on the State House and on each County law court except in rainy weather.

The South Carolina state flags set by the State Superintendent of Education also to be displayed in accordance with rules, on the grounds of enlightening organizations hold up in entire or part, through resultant subsidizes from the State. It is also prearranged that any person, who maims, harmed or desecrates the state flag of South Carolina shall be culpable of an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by incarceration for not extra than 30 days or both.

The South Carolina’s flag is flown in the country at the official event of the South Carolina and also on the America’s Independence Day. The South Carolina flag on building of officials can be seen easily in the state, also the photo of South Carolina state flag can be downloaded from internet for different purposes.