Palmetto pride: South Carolina State symbol ubiquitous, uniting

The Greenville News ^ | April 24, 2004 | Eric Connor

[Between the Lines]

Is there anywhere that the palmetto and crescent moon aren't?

The classic symbol has become the single most ubiquitous symbol for South Carolina - and far more than just a state flag.

It's all but inescapable.

Look for it on the back windows of the cars that people start with the keys attached to their palmetto key chains as they press the gas with their palmetto sandals and their palmetto shirts tucked into their pants cinched with palmetto belts.

[Between the Lines]

[WHBates]

Actually it's just a neat flag. LOL

[ken5050]

I'm waitin for OBL to claim SC, inhis next audiotape, based upon the crescent flag...

[The_Media_never_lie]

Good post for SC persons.

Is it true that the moon is not really the moon but is the part of the knight's armour that goes under his neck to prevent slash wounds to the jugular?

An enquiring mind wants to know.

[The_Media_never_lie]

In 1775 Colonel William Moultrie was asked by the 'Revolutionary Council of Safety' to design a flag for the South Carolina troops. Moultre's design had a blue field and bore a crescent or new moon. This matched the blue of the troops uniforms and the silver crescent emblem on their hats. Although there are other interpretations of the crescent, one is that it represents a gorget, the ornamental plate worn on a chain by officers of the time.

S.C. State Flag

Appologies for answering my own question.

[WHBates]

Do you think I'll get a tax break for being in a war zone?? Sorry couldn't help myself. Republican you know.

[let us cross over the river]

ping

[SC Swamp Fox]

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[BattleFlag]

Raised from a pup in NC but now I'm all SC.

Dum Spiro Spero!

[cyberaxe]

Actually it's just a neat flag. LOL

.....and my companies Logo!.....

[Jan Hus]

The crescent represents the silver emblem worn on the front of the caps of Col. Moultrie's men.I've heard that the crescent is a representation of a hat bill vice moon.Your thought that is a protective armour item seems more logical though.

[Nick Danger]

This would be yer basic palmetto bug. The picture is reduced to save bandwidth; the actual creature is about the size of a human shoe. Shoes and palmetto bugs often collide. The shoes generally win these encounters.

[Just mythoughts]

I am not from South Carolina, been there one time, I love the "palmetto and crescent moon set over a blue background."

My son is packing up to come home as we speak from Clemson.

[Salo]

And when the shoes collide, there is a load, sharp "SNAP" announcing yet another roach on his way back to Allah to collect his virgins. :-)

In all seriousness, there is nothing like the feeling of one of those damn things landing on you - yes, they fly.

[Moose4]

Ah yes, the palmetto bug...our state bird.

}:-)4

[SC Swamp Fox]

Actually it's just a neat flag. LOL
.....and my companies Logo!.....

That could be a problem.

The current tidal wave of palmetto symbolism began to form when the state's Parks, Recreation and Tourism department first branded the symbol for marketing purposes.

[kjenerette]

Thanks for the post...I'm very proud to be a part of this great state...from my Jenerette for S.C. Senate page:

Jenerette's family has a long history of military service. Her husband is a direct descendant of Sgt. Elias Jeanerett who served with the Colonial Artillery at Ft. Moultrie in 1776 and his great-great grandfather, Samuel Jenrette of Horry County, served in the Civil War with Manigault's Battalion of South Carolina Artillery. Katherine's father was a Sergeant-Major in the U.S. Army and her stepson, Van Jr., is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy.

best to all!

Katherine - www.jenerette.com

[Foxfire4]

When my parents moved to Columbia, SC, they asked the realtor what they could do about the palmetto bugs. She thought about it for a moment, shrugged, and said "Name them." :-)

[Godebert]

Palmetto Bump....

[aomagrat]