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SC state symbols
Facts about the flag:
The blue on the flag was chose to match the blue on the SC troops uniforms.
The crescent was added to show the silver emblem on the front of the troops hats.
The revolutionary council of safety asked in the fall of 1775 to design a flag for the use of the SC troops.
Facts about the State Seal:
The picture on the left with a the palm tree standing and another one that has fallen represents the battle fought on June 28,1776.
The standing tree is there to show the victorious defenders.The fallen tree is there to show the British fleet.
On the other picture the woman is showing hope and she has a branch of laurel in her hand with the sun rising behind her.
Facts about the tree:
Palm trees have very long fan shaped leaves (4-6 ft.)
They have small white flowers occuring on large branched clusters.They appear in summer.
Their bark is tough, and brown gray.It splits vertically
The tree can be up to 80 feet tall, and it has a straight trunk with a rounded crown
Their fruit is nearly round.It is 1/3 to 1/2 inches across.It is bark shiny blue and it matures in early fall and its persistent into winter.
The Carolina Wren
Facts about the Carolina Wren:
Size-about 5-6 inches
Wingspan-about 11 inches
Facts about the white-tailed deer:
The deer eats twigs,fungi,grass and acorns.
It has a great sense of smell.
They are good swimmers.
The Yellow Jessamine
Facts about the flower:
The flowers are clusters of bright yellow flowers.
It has different names like
poor man's rope
yellow jasmine,evening trumpetflower,and gelber jasmine.
The flower was officially adopted as South Carolina's state flower on February 1,1924.
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