“Only the simplest designs really function well,” says Kaye, who is the secretary of the North American Vexillological ...

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the ...

Two of the iconic red stars remain central features of the new logo, paying homage to Chicago’s municipal flag. As Chief ...

The red, white, and blue stands both for Old Glory and the tricolor of France, which also flew over the state. Lincoln’s ...

Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

The team got their name in 2008, when “Red Stars” was announced. The name and crest are a reference to the Chicago city flag, which features four red six-pointed stars. Peter Wilt, who was also ...

Organisers of an LGBT-rights festival in Chicago are being accused of anti-Semitism after they expelled marchers carrying the Star of David. The rainbow flags with the Jewish symbol "made people ...

Organizers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the women that the rainbow flags with a white Star of David in the center would be a “trigger,” or traumatic stimulus, for people who ...

Explain the meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed white star represents Chicago. The negative ...