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 ...

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 ...

More: Illinois to accept designs for new state flag. Here's how to submit a design But at the very least, she sees the discussion as a healthy way to activate young people across Illinois to get ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...