South Carolina Fast Facts
Date Admitted to the Union:
May 23, 1788 - South Carolina was the 8th state.
South Carolina State Capital:
Columbia
State Nickname:
Palmetto State
State Motto:
Dum Spiro Spero.
Translation: While I breathe, I hope
South Carolina State Bird:
Carolina Wren
South Carolina State Flower:
Yellow Jessamine
South Carolina State Tree:
Sabal Palmetto
Cities With Population Over 100,000:
Ten Famous People From South Carolina :
May 23, 1788 - South Carolina was the 8th state.
South Carolina State Capital:
Columbia
State Nickname:
Palmetto State
State Motto:
Dum Spiro Spero.
Translation: While I breathe, I hope
South Carolina State Bird:
Carolina Wren
South Carolina State Flower:
Yellow Jessamine
South Carolina State Tree:
Sabal Palmetto
Cities With Population Over 100,000:
- Columbia
- Charleston
Ten Famous People From South Carolina :
- James Brown, Singer
- John C. Calhoun, Politician
- Joe Frazier, Boxer
- Althea Gibson, Tennis Player
- Dizzy Gillepsie, Jazz Musician
- Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
- Jesse Jackson, Politician
- James Longstreet, Civil War General
- Francis Marion, Revolutionary War General
- Robert Mills, Designer of Washington Monument