Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to ... whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission. Its members were chosen by the governor, legislative ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the second-place voted state flag design. Credit: AP Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision ...

The Illinois state flag design. AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to ... whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission. Its members were chosen by the governor, legislative ...

Illinois Votes on a New State Flag Design — and Chooses the Current One SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed ...

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design, the current flag. (Illinois Secretary of State's Office via AP) This image ...