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 citizens vote on design for new flag – they chose the original one
There were 10 finalists in the contests, and nearly 385,000 people voted. The existing flag received 43% of the votes, more ...
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Champaign-based print shop brings back ’05 design on national scale
Twenty years after mass-printing shirts for Illinois’s Final Four appearance, fans of the Illini and other teams are ...
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design -- and chooses the current one
The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as ... 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.
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
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 ...
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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 ...
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Illinois votes on a new state flag design — and chooses the current one
Advertisement Article continues below this ad Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and ... whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission.
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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 ... whose archivist chairs the Illinois Flag Commission. Its members were chosen by the governor, legislative ...