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| A replica of the Confederate
States Navy submarine Hunley outside the Charlston Museum.
The submarine was first to sink an enemy ship in combat.
The real Hunley was salvaged from the bottom of the ocean
and was being restored in Charleston when I was there in
2002. |
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Flag |
Seal |
| Website : www.sc.gov |
 Capital
: Columbia |
 Highest
point : Sassafras Mountain, 3,560 feet
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 Area : 32,007 square miles,
40th largest state |
 Population : 4,012,012
(2000 US census) |
 Motto
: Dum spiro spero
(While I beath, I hope) |
 Admitted to
Union : May 23, 1788 |
 State
Song : "Carolina" |
 State Bird : Carolina
Wren |
 State Flower : Yellow Jessamine |
 State Tree : Palmeto |
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