Today marks South ... the crescent in our South Carolina state flag is a moon. It is not a moon, I was told in revolutionary tones. That arc over the breezy palmetto tree that makes our flag ...

The crescent (true Palmetto State flag aficionados know it's not a moon) was worn by Moultrie's soldiers. The shade of indigo — a critical crop to South Carolina 250 years ago — matched their ...

That means low bidders on any flag contract can make the tree look too weak or the crescent more like a moon than ... strength that the palmetto tree was added to South Carolina’s flag in ...

Today, most equate the crescent with a quarter moon ... South Carolina seceded from the Union in December 1860. The Legislature declared the state’s flag should be blue with a white palmetto ...