The dark blue, close to an indigo, matched the uniform Moultrie's troops wore, and the moon shape matched an emblem on their caps. The palmetto tree was added in 1861 when South Carolina ceded ...

It is not a moon, I was told in revolutionary tones. That arc over the breezy palmetto tree that makes our flag more marketable than Elvis is actually the breastplate from a Revolutionary War uniform.

It is not a moon, I was told in revolutionary tones. That arc over the breezy palmetto tree that makes our flag more marketable than Elvis is actually the breastplate from a Revolutionary War uniform.