South Carolina

• Admitted to statehood: May 23, 1788
• Origin of name: King Charles I ordered it to be called Provence of Carolina, this was later separated and it became North Carolina, and South Carolina.
• Capital: Columbia
• Nickname: "The Palmetto State"
• Motto: "Animis Opibusque Parati" (Translation: Prepared in Mind and Resources)
• Bird: Carolina Wren
• Flower: Carolina Jessamine
• Beverage: Milk
• Song: "South Carolina on My Mind"
• Stone: Blue Granite
• Tree: Palmetto
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