SCV Camp 47 Flag

       The Camp adopted as its flag the Sovereignty Flag of South Carolina which was the unofficial state flag from December 1860 through January 26, 1861. The 15 stars on it represent the 15 slave-holding states which had seceded from the United States or were considering secession at the time. The cross, except for its coloring, resembles the St. George Cross of England. The crescent is adopted from the insignia found on the uniform caps of the 1st and 2nd South Carolina Regiments during the Revolutionary War. It may also originate from the gorget, a crescent-shaped ornament worn on a chain around the neck as a badge of rank by officers in the colonial era. The palmetto tree commemorates South Carolina's defense of the palmetto log fort on Sullivan's Island against a British attack in June 1776.

        Added to the Sovereignty Flag, our flag carries the Camp's designated SCV Camp #47 in the middle star representing South Carolina. Found in the lower right quadrant of our camp flag are the words Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, countries where Compatriots Marine GySgt Jeff Holliday, Army SFC Gerald Wynn and Army CWO2 Cy Haines forwarded our colors while in service to our nation.

Compatriots SSgt Jason Motes & GySgt Jeff Holliday with Camp 47 Colors Afghanistan.

Compatriot CW2 Cy Haines with Camp 47 Colors Kuwait.

Compatriot SFC Gerald Wynn
Camp Colors Afghanistan

Compatriot GySgt Jeff Holliday
Camp Colors Iraq

The Sovereignty flag flying to Carolina

Carolina

Call on thy children of the hill,
Wake swamp and river, coast and rill,
Rouse all thy strength and all thy skill,
Carolina! Carolina!

Hold up the glories of thy dead;
Say how thy elder children bled,
And point to Eutaw's battle-bed,
Carolina! Carolina!

Thy skirts indeed the foe may part,
Thy robe be pierced with sword and dart,
They shall not touch thy noble heart,
Carolina! Carolina!

Throw thy bold banner to the breeze!
Front with thy ranks the threatening seas
Like thine own proud armorial trees,
Carolina! Carolina!

Girt with such wills to do and bear,
Assured in right, and mailed in prayer,
Thou wilt not bow thee to despair,
Carolina! Carolina!

The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Henry Timrod. This poem was edited by G.R. Goodwin and was set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess. On February 11, 1911, acting on a recommendation by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, the General assembly of South Carolina adopted Senator W.L. Mauldin's Concurrent Resolution that "Carolina" "be accented and declared to be the State Song of South Carolina.