The outline of Illinois symbolizes the pride we share for our state. The circle of 21 stars represents our communal togetherness and honors our state being the 21st to join the U.S. The white star ...

The outline of Illinois symbolizes the pride we share for our state. The circle of 21 stars represents our communal togetherness and honors our state being the 21st to join the USA. The white star ...

It’s colorless and dull. The Sesquicentennial Flag, with a red silhouette of the state embedded in a white letter I. Looks too much like the symbol of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

SPRINGFIELD — Earlier this month, the Illinois State Flag Commission ... one featuring an orange outline of the state's official butterfly, the monarch; one with a gear and corn kernels to ...

Illinois may be ... the option of keeping the state's existing flag. The state's special Centennial Flag, which features a total of 21 stars and a blue stripe on a white flag, will also be up ...

But there is one more task left to complete: voting for a new Illinois flag. A 2023 law created a commission to make a recommendation about whether our current state flag should be replaced.

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 ...