Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
(For those of you who don't know the background, the Carolina tartan was designed by Peter MacDonald, tartan expert from Perth, Scotland, in 1981 at the request of St. Andrews societies in both NC and SC. In 1991 NC adopted formal legislation approving it as a state symbol. In 2002, SC formally adopted it through legislation in that state. McGill designed his "North Carolina" and "South Carolina" tartans in 2003 and neither have any official standing with the states for which they are named.)
The Carolina tartam was based and modified from a tartan associated with Prince Charles Stuart (the red and green portions are extremely close to Royal Stewart). MacDonald actually designed it in the present Carolina Tartan form at (as Matt points out) by the COMBINED St Andrews Societies of North AND South Carolina. So, it is: created/developed/adapted (in this case a bit of all 3) FOR the state by those IN the Carolinas.

Actually the two states are collectively called "The Carolinas" almost as much as North Carolina and South Carolina. Between them, it is a bit like brothers. We pick and jib back and forth, but bring in a Virginian, a Tennessean, or a Californian and its as if the Carolinians are the SAME. It's actually quite funny. As I was raised in Georgia, I am called an "adopted" Carolinian, though my mother (and all her family), my wife, and my kids are born here and I have been here since graduating high school. Often sports teams are the Carolina________, for BOTH states to varying effectivness.