History of South Carolina State Flags:
- Adopted January 26, 1861
- It has a white palm tree with a white crescent moon on a blue background
- In 1775 Colonel William Moultrie was asked to design a flag for the South Carolina Troops during the American Revolutionary War
- This flag is known as the “Moultrie Flag” or the “Liberty Flag”
- This flag is the same blue as the current flag, bit only has a moon crescent in the top left corner with the word “liberty”
- In 1861 South Carolina left the Union and needed to design a flag for their new Nation
- The first draft was done on January 21, 1861 and after a week discussing the design the flag on January 26, 1861 the design was decided
- The design was a white flag with a green palm tree and in the top left corner there is a blue field with a white crescent moon
- This flag is also known as the 2-day flag because on January 28, 1861 they decided to change it to the current design
- The first draft was done on January 21, 1861 and after a week discussing the design the flag on January 26, 1861 the design was decided

