South Carolina

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SOUTH CAROLINA THE PALMETTO STATE South South Carolina is filled with natural beauty It has long sandy beaches blackwater swamps green forestlands and towering mountains It is also known for music festivals golf courses and sweetgrass basket weaving The state's people treasure their traditions and Southern charm They especially love Southern recipes from boiled peanuts and deep fried hush puppies to shrimp and grits with hot sauce on everything The palmetto is the state tree A type of palm they grow by the thousands in the sandy coastal flatlands of South Carolina Their trunks are soft They bend in the strong storms that sometimes blow in from the Atlantic Ocean During the Revolutionary War soldiers made coastal forts out of the trunks of palmetto trees British cannonballs did little damage to the sturdy trees Today South Carolina is nicknamed The Palmetto State Vacationers enjoy a sunrise walk at Myrtle Beach The wide white beaches and warm ocean water make South Carolina's coast a popular tourist destination SOUTH CAROLINA 4