There were 10 finalists in the contests, and nearly 385,000 people voted. The existing flag received 43% of the votes, more ...
Most Americans are familiar with the seal's eagle carrying a flag-emblazoned ... He wrote a simple piece of legislation that would change the code to say that, “The bald eagle (Haliaeetus ...
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 seal is made up of the eagle, an olive branch, arrows, a flag-like shield, the motto ‘’E Pluribus Unum'' and a constellation of stars. Congress that same year designated the bald eagle as ...