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The Civil War battle flag accompanied a volunteer militia comprised of privileged South Carolina men who, in 1864, joined a terrible battle that decimated the battalion. A flag recently discovered
photo: Adobe The making and flying of flags occupies as hard-fought a social battlefield as the actual battlefields upon which many flags are flown. So, here’s a bracing argument-starter: South Carolina’s is the most beautiful state flag in the nation, bar none. Ahoy out there, non-South Carolinians! Please drop some bourbon in a glass, settle back on the couch, and know that that joust was only meant to emphasize two of the more combustible human qualities that we put into flags: first, a sense of identity, and second, that somewhat thornier extension of self, pride. We make flags and fl...
South Carolinians Mock Redesigned Palmetto Tree on Proposed State Flag A proposed new look for the beloved state tree has drawn complaints that it looks like a toilet brush or like one of the palmettos battered by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. “They just think the tree is not a very pretty tree,” Ronnie Cromer, a South Carolina state senator, said of the public reaction to a proposed redesign of the state flag.Credit...South Carolina Flag Study Committee Jan. 3, 2021 The goal was to come up with a standard design for the South Carolina state flag, one that residents could rally around, fly from...