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Title	South Carolina State Flag
Subject	ceremonial artifact communication artifact military flags State flags---South Carolina American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 Civil War 1861-1865 textile--cotton Fort Moultrie Botany-- Palmetto
Time Period	1750-1779 1860s
Place	Charleston, South Carolina
Description	The flag of South Carolina consists of a blue field bearing a white crescent in its canton and a white palmetto tree at center. The palmetto ( the official state tree) refers to the attack on Sullivan's Island by the British fleet on June 28, 1776. Fortifications utilized palmetto logs which are dense and fibrous lending flexibility to the structure. British cannons could not penetrate the fort at Charleston commanded by Colonel William Moultrie, who later designed the original state flag. The stronghold was later named Fort Moultrie. South Carolina seceded from the Union on Dec. 20, 1860. A month later the palmetto was added to Moultrie's crescent to form the flag's longstanding design. Maker's mark indicates this cotton flag was manufactured by Annin & Co. with Defiance cotton bunting. Considered America's oldest and largest flag maker, Founder Alexander Annin began making flags on the New York City waterfront in the 1820’s. Defiance bunting was implemented in 1914 but use declined after the implementation of Bulldog bunting around 1925. Both steadily declined after the invention of nylon in the Second World War. Typically, after the war the use of cotton flags was favored for official events held by prestigious organizations and the U.S. government (artifact acquired 1950-1970).
Date of Original	1861
Source	H 65254
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	index.cpd
Image Height	Not Available
Image Width	Not Available
Format	picture; historical object; flag
Extent	90 x 152 cm

Title	H65254_001
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type	StillImage
File Name	H65254_001.tif
Image Height	1914
Image Width	1134
File Size	473.278 KB
Format	picture

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