The state flag is essentially a white background with just the state seal — a bald eagle with the state motto ... Turner said this process has increased civic engagement around the flag.

The flag now has primary elements of the state seal, including a bald eagle spreading its wings and holding a shield while perched on a rock. A banner in its beak bears the state motto ...

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 ...

The flag has the official state seal, which features a bald eagle clutching a banner reading “State Sovereignty, National Union” in its beak. The banner also features a rising sun and a rock ...

The old state flag had a lot going on. The banner included everything from an eagle holding a shield bearing ... Attorney General James McCartney, has 21 stripes, which represent Illinois as ...

Minnesota, whose governor, Tim Walz, is now the running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, has had a new state flag since May. Maine voters may approve one in November.

He has partnered with other organizations in the state who have the same goal and in total, 84 cities and towns out of the 351 total in the Commonwealth have voted in favor of changing the flag. ...

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 ...