Virginia's flag, and the motto it bears, sic semper tyrannis, offer valuable lessons that are still relevant today.

Some forward-looking Illinois lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner ...

165,602 were for keeping the current flag design. That’s 43% of the total vote, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias noted. “Some may call it an SOB — a seal on a bedsheet — and ...

That would be (state) “Seal ... state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed emblem. Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag ...

Last year — after months and months of debate — the legislature adopted a new state flag and seal and retired the old ones. The new design followed calls to change the old flag, which features ...

“Some may call it an SOB – a seal on a bedsheet – and the vexillogical community may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our current state flag,” Giannoulias said. “Thank you to ...

Rankings of state flags have routinely put Illinois on the lower end of the list, with critics pointing to the state’s use of the official seal rather than a unique design.

(WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from ... and the state seal. Last year, the Illinois ...

Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance ...

ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Illinoisans voted in favor of keeping the current design ... flag. He said it received more votes than the next five top designs combined. “Some may call it an SOB – a seal ...