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    "id": "sc-state-symbols",
    "name": "South Carolina State Symbols: 64 Official Designations in the Code of Laws",
    "description": "Every official South Carolina state symbol in the Code of Laws Title 1 Chapter 1 (64 rows), with the Code section and year adopted.",
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    "json": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/downloads/sc-state-symbols.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's South Carolina (itssouthcarolina.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's South Carolina (2026). South Carolina State Symbols: 64 Official Designations in the Code of Laws. https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/sc-state-symbols/",
    "publisher": "It's South Carolina",
    "geo_scope": "South Carolina, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-26",
    "row_count": 64,
    "columns": [
        "symbol",
        "designation",
        "code_section",
        "year",
        "note",
        "source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "symbol": "Designation as the Code names it",
        "designation": "The official symbol",
        "code_section": "SC Code of Laws section (Title 1, Chapter 1)",
        "year": "Year adopted, as the Code history or State House gives it",
        "note": "Source note on the year",
        "source_url": "Code page the row was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "symbol": "Great Seal",
            "designation": "Great Seal of South Carolina",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1777",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.studentconnection.scstatehouse.gov/seals-flags-house-and-senate-emblem",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "Pledge to State Flag",
            "designation": "'I salute the flag of South Carolina and pledge to the Palmetto State love, loyalty and faith.'",
            "code_section": "1-1-670",
            "year": "1966",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State American Folk Dance",
            "designation": "Square dance",
            "code_section": "1-1-700",
            "year": "1994",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Amphibian",
            "designation": "Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)",
            "code_section": "1-1-699",
            "year": "1999",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Animal",
            "designation": "White-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus)",
            "code_section": "1-1-650",
            "year": "1972",
            "note": "Code HISTORY cites 1972.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Beverage",
            "designation": "Milk",
            "code_section": "1-1-690",
            "year": "1984",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Bird",
            "designation": "Carolina Wren",
            "code_section": "1-1-630",
            "year": "1948",
            "note": "Code HISTORY line lists acts of 1939, 1948 and 1952 without a single designating year; 1948 is the act the SC State House Student Connection page cites (Act 693 of 1948). Name and section from the Code.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Botanical Garden",
            "designation": "Botanical Garden of Clemson University",
            "code_section": "1-1-675",
            "year": "1992",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Butterfly",
            "designation": "Tiger swallowtail",
            "code_section": "1-1-647",
            "year": "1994",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Carnivorous Plant",
            "designation": "Venus flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula)",
            "code_section": "1-1-661",
            "year": "2023",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Choral Anthem",
            "designation": "Dum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe, I Hope)",
            "code_section": "1-1-614",
            "year": "2026",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Color",
            "designation": "Indigo blue",
            "code_section": "1-1-710",
            "year": "2008",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Dance",
            "designation": "Shag",
            "code_section": "1-1-665",
            "year": "1984",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Dog",
            "designation": "Boykin Spaniel",
            "code_section": "1-1-655",
            "year": "1985",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Duck",
            "designation": "Wood duck (Aix sponsa)",
            "code_section": "1-1-711",
            "year": "2009",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Emblem of Service and Sacrifice (U.S. Armed Forces who gave their lives in the line of duty)",
            "designation": "Honor and Remember Flag",
            "code_section": "1-1-713A",
            "year": "2012",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Fish",
            "designation": "Striped bass or rockfish",
            "code_section": "1-1-640",
            "year": "1972",
            "note": "Code HISTORY cites 1972 (57) 2508.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Flag",
            "designation": "Blue field with white palmetto tree and crescent",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1861",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.studentconnection.scstatehouse.gov/seals-flags-house-and-senate-emblem",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Flower",
            "designation": "Yellow Jessamine",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1924",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.studentconnection.scstatehouse.gov/plants-edibles",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Folk Art and Crafts Center",
            "designation": "South Carolina Artisans Center, Walterboro",
            "code_section": "1-1-708",
            "year": "2000",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Fossil",
            "designation": "Columbian Mammoth",
            "code_section": "1-1-691",
            "year": "2014",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Fruit",
            "designation": "Peach",
            "code_section": "1-1-680",
            "year": "1984",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Gem Stone",
            "designation": "Amethyst",
            "code_section": "1-1-610",
            "year": "1969",
            "note": "Act 345 of 1969 per SC State House Student Connection; Code HISTORY cites 1969.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Grass",
            "designation": "Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)",
            "code_section": "1-1-677",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Hall of Fame",
            "designation": "South Carolina Hall of Fame, Myrtle Beach Convention Center",
            "code_section": "1-1-707",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": "Act No. 107 of 2001.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Heritage Horse",
            "designation": "Marsh Tacky",
            "code_section": "1-1-714",
            "year": "2010",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Heritage Work Animal",
            "designation": "Mule",
            "code_section": "1-1-714A",
            "year": "2010",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Hospitality Beverage",
            "designation": "South Carolina grown tea",
            "code_section": "1-1-692",
            "year": "1995",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Insect",
            "designation": "Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis carolina, or praying mantis",
            "code_section": "1-1-645",
            "year": "1988",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Language",
            "designation": "English",
            "code_section": "1-1-696",
            "year": "1987",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Lowcountry Handcraft",
            "designation": "Sweet grass basket",
            "code_section": "1-1-676",
            "year": "2006",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Marine Mammal",
            "designation": "Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)",
            "code_section": "1-1-712",
            "year": "2009",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Migratory Bird",
            "designation": "Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)",
            "code_section": "1-1-613",
            "year": "2026",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Migratory Marine Mammal",
            "designation": "Northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)",
            "code_section": "1-1-713",
            "year": "2009",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Military Academy",
            "designation": "Camden Military Academy",
            "code_section": "1-1-706",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Motto (1 of 2)",
            "designation": "Animis Opibusque Parati",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1777",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.studentconnection.scstatehouse.gov/seals-flags-house-and-senate-emblem",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Motto (2 of 2)",
            "designation": "Dum Spiro Spero",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1777",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://scdah.sc.gov/node/25",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Music",
            "designation": "The spiritual",
            "code_section": "1-1-688",
            "year": "1999",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Nickname",
            "designation": "The Palmetto State",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": null,
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://scdah.sc.gov/node/25",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Opera",
            "designation": "Porgy and Bess",
            "code_section": "1-1-693",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Pecan Festival",
            "designation": "South Carolina Pecan Festival, Florence County",
            "code_section": "1-1-674",
            "year": "2011",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Picnic Cuisine",
            "designation": "Barbecue",
            "code_section": "1-1-683",
            "year": "2014",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Poet Laureate",
            "designation": "Office of Poet Laureate",
            "code_section": "1-3-230",
            "year": "1934",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c003.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Popular Music",
            "designation": "Beach music",
            "code_section": "1-1-689",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Poultry Festival",
            "designation": "South Carolina Poultry Festival, Lexington County",
            "code_section": "1-1-686",
            "year": "2024",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Railroad Museum",
            "designation": "South Carolina Railroad Museum, Fairfield County",
            "code_section": "1-1-705",
            "year": "1997",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Reptile",
            "designation": "Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)",
            "code_section": "1-1-625",
            "year": "1988",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Rural Drama Theater",
            "designation": "Abbeville Opera House",
            "code_section": "1-1-709",
            "year": "2001",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Seabird",
            "designation": "Eastern brown pelican",
            "code_section": "1-1-612",
            "year": "2024",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Shell",
            "designation": "Lettered Olive (Oliva sayana)",
            "code_section": "1-1-695",
            "year": "1984",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Snack Food",
            "designation": "Boiled peanuts",
            "code_section": "1-1-682",
            "year": "2006",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Song",
            "designation": "South Carolina On My Mind",
            "code_section": "1-1-685",
            "year": "1984",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Song",
            "designation": "Carolina When I Die (by Patrick Davis)",
            "code_section": "1-1-687",
            "year": "2026",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Song",
            "designation": "Carolina (poem by Henry Timrod, music by Anne C. Burgess)",
            "code_section": null,
            "year": "1911",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.studentconnection.scstatehouse.gov/dances-music-poets",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Spider",
            "designation": "Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis)",
            "code_section": "1-1-701",
            "year": "2000",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Stone",
            "designation": "Blue granite",
            "code_section": "1-1-620",
            "year": "1969",
            "note": "Act 345 of 1969 per SC State House Student Connection; Code HISTORY cites 1969.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Tapestry",
            "designation": "From the Mountains to the Sea",
            "code_section": "1-1-702",
            "year": "2000",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Tartan",
            "designation": "Carolina Tartan",
            "code_section": "1-1-703",
            "year": "2002",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Tobacco Museum",
            "designation": "South Carolina Tobacco Museum",
            "code_section": "1-1-694",
            "year": "2004",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Tree",
            "designation": "Palmetto tree",
            "code_section": "1-1-660",
            "year": "1939",
            "note": "Code HISTORY cites 1939; SC State House says Joint Resolution 63, March 17, 1939.",
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Vegetable",
            "designation": "Collard greens",
            "code_section": "1-1-681",
            "year": "2011",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Waltz",
            "designation": "The Richardson Waltz",
            "code_section": "1-1-667",
            "year": "2000",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Wild Game Bird",
            "designation": "South Carolina Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo)",
            "code_section": "1-1-635",
            "year": "1976",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        },
        {
            "symbol": "State Wildflower",
            "designation": "Goldenrod (solidago altissima)",
            "code_section": "1-1-704",
            "year": "2003",
            "note": null,
            "source_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php",
            "checked": "2026-10-26"
        }
    ]
}