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Dating back to 1765, the
South Carolina Flag reminds us of its role in the American
Revolution and maintains its place in the history of the Civil
War with a South Carolina Flag design that was formulated as a
National banner
when the state seceded from the union on December 20, 1860.
Components of the
current South Carolina Flag were first seen in 1765, on a
banner carried by South Carolina protesters of the Stamp Act.
The South Carolina Flag that the protesters hoisted displayed
three white crescents on a blue background. Ten years later in
1775, Colonel William Moultrie was asked by the South Carolina
Revolutionary Council of Safety to design a South Carolina
Flag for the use
of South Carolina troops. Colonel Moultrie chose a simple and
direct South Carolina Flag design that displayed the crescent (new moon) on a blue
field. The new South Carolina Flag was the same blue color of
the soldier's uniforms and the silver crescent echoed the
symbol that the soldiers wore on the front of their caps.
Almost 100 years later,
South Carolina seceded from the Union it had fought to create.
A new South Carolina Flag was needed to fly above the newly
created nation. Many South Carolina Flag designs were reviewed
but the General Assembly settled on one simple change to
Moultrie's Revolutionary War South Carolina Flag design. A
Palmetto tree was added and centered on the blue field of the
South Carolina Flag.
The South Carolina Flag
that flies over the state today is of the same South Carolina
Flag design that
flew over the independent South Carolina during the Civil War.
Like many state flags, the South Carolina Flag is blue.
The design of the South Carolina Flag, however, is unlike any
other. The unique South Carolina Flag is highly
recognizable among flags. |
