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Originally Posted by honeychile
I've often wondered shy South Carolina has such an odd moon. Would you know?
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I got this from wikipedia (so note the source....)
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The origin of the crescent as a symbol for Charleston and for South Carolina has been lost to time; however, various theories abound. One hypothesis is that it stems from the crescent as the heraldic symbol of a second son. It is true that many of the early colonists would have been second (and third, etc.) sons who had no inheritance in England, and whose coats of arms would have therefore borne crescents; thus, perhaps the crescent was adopted as a symbol for the colony. An alternative hypothesis notes that crescents are found on the coat-of-arms of the Bull family, which was prominent in the early days of the colony and even produced one of Charleston's more illustrious Royal Governors.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Carolina