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Tree trivia time ... without using any outside resources
Aug 17, 2022, 5:14 PM
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The palmetto tree is the state tree for South Carolina.
So, for what reason was the palmetto tree placed on the SC state flag?
And, for extra credit: what does the crescent in the upper corner of the state flag represent? (There is debate but one reason is better than the other.)
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Re: Tree trivia time ... without using any outside resources
Aug 17, 2022, 5:16 PM
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Because Sargent Jasper.
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Re: Tree trivia time ... without using any outside resources
Aug 17, 2022, 5:19 PM
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And the original SC flag was just the crescent on a blue field.... I should know but I was probably distracted by the little red haired girl sitting in the front row.
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Yes, for question 1.***
Aug 17, 2022, 5:21 PM
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Re: Tree trivia time ... without using any outside resources
Aug 17, 2022, 7:39 PM
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Because when the Patriots defended Fort Moultrie on Sullivan Island against the Brits, Fort Moultrie was built from Palmetto logs. The logs absorbed the British canon fire.
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Fort Moultrie was constructed of these trees. Soft
Aug 17, 2022, 5:18 PM
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wood which British cannon balls bounced off of
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Re: Fort Moultrie was constructed of these trees. Soft
Aug 17, 2022, 5:22 PM
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Yes
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Re: Fort Moultrie was constructed of these trees. Soft
Aug 17, 2022, 5:24 PM
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But without Sargent Jasper leaping over the edge of the fort under heavy fire to retrieve the flag that was hot down, no one would remember about bouncing cannon balls.
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Re: Fort Moultrie was constructed of these trees. Soft
Aug 17, 2022, 5:32 PM
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no, they didn't bounce off, they sunk into the soft Palmetto Trees and didn't do any damage
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Re: Fort Moultrie was constructed of these trees. Soft
Aug 17, 2022, 6:58 PM
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This^^^
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Crescent shield around front of neck on early militia
Aug 17, 2022, 5:20 PM
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uniform
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Re: Crescent shield around front of neck on early militia
Aug 17, 2022, 5:25 PM
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Yes. The debate was that it was originally like a U and, thus the gorget. But, over the years, it got tilted and now claimed to be the crescent moon. I prefer the gorget over the moon.
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Re: Crescent shield around front of neck on early militia
Aug 17, 2022, 5:25 PM
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The cannon balls did not bounce off. They just were absorbed into the soft wood without splintering.
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Re: Crescent shield around front of neck on early militia
Aug 17, 2022, 5:29 PM
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Details, details. Details should never interfere with a good story and cannon balls bouncing off is so much better than "being absorbed due the fibrous nature of the aforementioned tree". 
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Did you know that the Palmetto is not a tree?***
Aug 17, 2022, 5:31 PM
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The Upper Left is Not The Moon It Is a Gorget
Aug 17, 2022, 5:51 PM
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A Military neck piece of authority
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Yes, I completely agree.***
Aug 18, 2022, 8:25 AM
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Cuz the Tiger Paw set to 1:00 o'clock hadn't been invented yet
Aug 17, 2022, 8:46 PM
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Re: Tree trivia time ... without using any outside resources
Aug 18, 2022, 9:16 AM
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bonus answer. the palm is actually a grass species. the trunk of you have ever tried to chainsaw through one…is made up of millions of fibers. It does not have a rings like a normal tree wood.
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