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South Carolina State Symbols Online

South Carolina Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

 

South Carolina State Symbols Online is a state resource directory containing descriptions and pictures of the state symbols, emblems, and mascots of the state, which can be quickly accessed. This resource guide represents many of South Carolina state facts such as South Carolina state symbols, the state flower, the state gemstone, the state insect, the state tree, the state bird, the state animal, the state flag that flies over South Carolina, and the capital, as well as many more symbols, emblems, and mascots. These types of state directories are designed to help children learn, and are often used by children in the public and private education system as well as homeschooled children.

 

 
South Carolina State Symbols, Emblems, and Mascots

State Symbol

Name - Scientific

Adopted

American Folk Dance The Square Dance Apr 20, 1994
Amphibian Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) Jun 11, 1999
Animal Whitetail Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 1972
Beverage Milk (lac vaccum) 1984
Bird Carolina Wren (Troglodytidae ) 1939
Botanical Garden Clemson Botanical Garden Oct 10, 1992
Butterfly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus Glaucus) 1994
Dance Carolina Shag 1984
Dog Boykin Spaniel Mar 26, 1985
Fish Striped Bass 1972
Flag State Flag Jan 28, 1861
Flower Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) Feb 1, 1924
Folk Art and Crafts Center South Carolina Artisans Center, Walterboro May 10, 2000
Fruit Peach 1984
Gemstone Amethyst Jun 24, 1969
Grass Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Aug 29, 2001
Hall of Fame South Carolina Hall of Fame, Myrtle Beach Convention Center Sep 20, 2001.
Hospitality Beverage
 
Tea (Camellia sinensis) Apr10, 1995
Insect Carolina Mantid (Stagmomantis Carolina) or Praying Mantis 1988
Language English 1987
Miliatry Academy Camden Military Academy May 15, 2001
Motto (1) DUM SPIRO SPERO

(2) ANIMIS OPIBUSQUE PARATI

NA
Music "The Spiritual" Jun 11, 1999
Nicknames Palmetto State NA
Opera Porgy and Bess Aug 29, 2001
Pledge to State Flag Pledge 1966
Poet Laureate Bennie Lee Sinclair 1934
Popular Music Beach Music Mar 27, 2001
Railroad Museum South Carolina Railroad Museum, Fairfield County Jul 1, 1997
Reptile Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta Caretta) 1988 1988
Rural Drama Center Abbeville Opera House May 29, 2001
Seal Great Seal 1776
Shell Lettered Olive (Oliva Sayana) 1984
Song "Carolina"
 
Feb 11, 1911
Song "South Carolina on My Mind"

1984

Spider Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis) Jul 21, 2000
Stone Blue Granite 1969
Tapestry "From the Mountains to the Sea" Jun 14,
2000
Tartan Carolina Tartan Jun 3, 2002
Tobacco Museum South Carolina Tobacco Museum, Mullins 2004
Tree Inodes Palmetto Mar 17,
1939
Waltz Richardson Waltz Jul 21, 2000
Wildflower Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) May 14, 2003
Wild Game Bird Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo) 1976

 

 
 
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