South Carolina Facts:
- Date of Statehood: May 23, 1788
- Capital: Columbia
- Population: 4,625,364 (2010)
- Size: 32,021 square miles
- Motto: Dum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe, I Hope)
- Tree: Palmetto
- Flower: Yellow Jessamine
- Bird: Carolina Wren
Fun Facts:
- America's first golf course was constructed in 1786.
- When the British attacked a fort on Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, the cannonballs bounced off the spongy Palmetto logs used to build the fort.
- The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter, South Carolina
South Carolina on a map:
Keeping posting! Really enjoy the history of the states.
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