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.

Some say the moon is not a moon and the tree is not a tree. South Carolina has more flag historians than palmetto bugs. And they are all aflutter. Since bringing it up last week, I've been ...

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.