#H31N $39.00 3 x 5' Nylon SEWN DESIGN finished with heading and grommets

South Carolinians displayed flags showing the Palmetto tree even before seceding. The tree's importance dates back to The Revolution. The crescent moon had been South Carolina's symbol when still a colony. Her sons wore it on their hats and fought for American independence under flags which pictured it. The Citadel Battle Flag offered here is a red variant of the current day state flag.  The moon and the tree are white. "Big Red" was carried by the men of The Citadel when firing the war's first shots at the Federal ship Star of the West months before the attack on Ft. Sumter and remains her flag today.  The design is sewn, not printed and appears on both sides

Editor's note: I get the smartest readers on these pages. They often know more about flags then do I. I am pleased to pass on this information from 11/8/09

>>Flagguys, it is commonly purported that the crescent on the flag is a crescent moon. That most likely is not the case. The crescent on the flag is a gorget, attributed to a Rev War patriot "we put on our gorget..."

Regards,

W. L.
The Citadel Class of 72
Charleston, SC<<
 

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