Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...
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Illinois Votes On a New State Flag Design—and Chooses the Current One
The Illinois state flag design. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. Of nearly 385,000 votes cast, the existing bunting received 43% ...
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
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 ...