SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Residents in Illinois will soon be able to vote on whether the state will adopt a new flag. The current state flag was adopted in 1915 after the state held a contest ...

Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970 ...

For over 50 years, the Illinois state flag has been represented with a white background and the state seal. Last year, the Illinois Flag Commission collected almost 5,000 entries of redesigning ...

1934: When Brookfield Zoo opened to the public on this day, Cookie was there to greet the almost 60,000 visitors. And though the pink cockatoo was never “top banana” at the zoo, he outlived every ...

Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would be (state) “Seal on a ...

Take a look at what design won the Illinois state flag contest. ... The original flag, designed by Rockford native Lucy Derwent in 1915, featured the state seal in front of a white background.

The current Illinois flag, depicting the state seal on a white background, has been derided as an "SOB" — a seal on a bedsheet. (Public domain image) CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi ...

It's time to get rid of the old seal on a bedsheet. The Illinois State Flag Commission has come out with 10 finalists — chosen from nearly 5,000 submissions — for a new Illinois state flag ...