Made it to South Carolina and toured the capitol building. My guide said I was lucky because it wasn't too hot, I looked up at him from behind my sweat matted bangs. It is really hot seriously and the mosquito level is outrageous! With that said South Carolina is beautiful lots to see and even more deliciousness to eat.
The current capitol building is in Columbia and rich with beauty and history with Iron staircases, hand carved stone ceiling and columns, mosaic stained glass, and so many paintings. Our guide was definitely pro South Carolina and had some choice words to say about those "North Carolinians". He explained the flag has a palmetto tree and a crescent or gorget. The palmetto tree story is - in the revolutionary war there was a main building built out of palmetto trees attacked by a ship the cannon balls bounced off it and the ships left dejected. The crescent or forget as the french would say is not a moon but rather a piece of armor worn about the neck.
The current capitol building is in Columbia and rich with beauty and history with Iron staircases, hand carved stone ceiling and columns, mosaic stained glass, and so many paintings. Our guide was definitely pro South Carolina and had some choice words to say about those "North Carolinians". He explained the flag has a palmetto tree and a crescent or gorget. The palmetto tree story is - in the revolutionary war there was a main building built out of palmetto trees attacked by a ship the cannon balls bounced off it and the ships left dejected. The crescent or forget as the french would say is not a moon but rather a piece of armor worn about the neck.
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