With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his state’s new flag in the news, it’s time to ensure South Carolina’s crescent and palmetto tree flag is the best.

O n Monday afternoon, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley became the latest person to urge the South Carolina legislature to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state’s Capitol. In the ...

I took a close look at all 50 state flags in the United States this week, and I ranked South Carolina’s flag second-best, as you’ll see below, while doing research for a new column on why the ...

South Dakota’s flag features its state seal, which symbolizes the state’s commerce, agriculture, industry and natural resources. The state motto, “Under God the People Rule,” appears on a ...

South Dakota removed “The Sunshine State” from its flag in 1992 after ceding that nickname to Florida. The old and new flag designs of South Dakota. Louisiana standardized its pelican-forward ...

South Dakota did not have a state flag for its first 20 years as a state, until Seth Bullock, the first sheriff of Deadwood and a U.S. marshal at the time, ...