Illinois (U.S.)

Last modified: 2005-03-19 by rick wyatt
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by Mario Fabretto, 24 February 1998

• Legal Description
• State Military Crest

• Belleville
• Chicago
• Des Plaines
• Dixon
• Frankfort
• Mascoutah
• River Forest
• Springfield
• Toluca
• Illinois municipalities with incomplete flag information

See also:

• Carroll County
• Clinton County
• Cook County
• Franklin County
• Kankakee County
• Sangamon County
  
  
• Illinois Centennial flag
• State Symbols
• United States of America
• States of the United States
• Civil War Flags of Illinois

In 1819, a star was added, representing Illinois, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 21. There were thirteen stripes representing the thirteen original colonies.

The flag was originally adopted in 1915 but allowed the emblem to be in color or black. Also, the typical design favored by flag manufacturers didn't correspond exactly to the state arms. Third, some Illinois soldiers in Vietnam said no one knew what flag they were displaying. Therefore in 1970 NAVA member Florence Hutchison of Illinois convinced a state legislator to introduce