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Palmetto flag
Palmetto flag Pal*met"to flag Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white field; the final one, January, 1861, had a white palmetto in the center of a blue field and a white crescent in the upper left-hand corner.

Meaning of Palmetto flag from wikipedia

- The flag of South Carolina is a symbol of the U.S. state of South Carolina consisting of a blue field with a white palmetto tree and white crescent. Roots...
- Sabal palmetto (/ˈseɪbəl/, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, sabal palm, blue palmetto, Carolina palmetto, common palmetto, Garfield's...
- United States arms and a palmetto tree upon the other side, with the inscription "Presented by the City of Charleston." The flag was also reported to have...
- of the nation." Taking this into account, Miles changed his flag, removing the palmetto and crescent, and substituting a heraldic saltire ("X") for the...
- (2011) The state adopted the palmetto flag as its banner, a slightly modified version of which is used as its current state flag. South Carolina after secession...
- formerly named Fort ****van, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname of South Carolina, as "The Palmetto State". The fort was renamed for the...
- rest, with the Shenandoah steaming up the Victoria Channel with the Palmetto flag flying from her masthead. HMS Donegal happened to be anc****d in mid-river...
- Carolina's current "Palmetto Flag", adopted in 1861, features the crescent symbol on the defending soldiers' caps along with the palmetto tree. Rutledge continued...
- supplies to Fort Moultrie from Charleston ****nal. Two days later, the Palmetto Flag of South Carolina is raised over the Charleston harbor batteries. November...
- 1860, Brownlow derided the state and its "miserable cabbage-leaf of a Palmetto flag" as being descended from British loyalists, thus giving it an affinity...