The flag of Illinois
was originally designed to emulate the Great Seal of the United States. In the eagle’s beak there is a banner with
the state motto, “State, Sovereignty, National Union”. The dates on the seal, 1818 and 1868,
represent the year Illinois joined the Union and the date the seal was
redesigned. The state took its name from the French version of an Algonquin
Indian word for “warriors” or “tribe of superior men”.
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