Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln And the State of Illinois Flag
A few weeks back, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill that provides for a path to create a new State of Illinois flag . Redesigning government flags has been *a thing* for a while - which can be directly traced back to this TED Talk by Roman Mars on vexillology . And....he was right: government flags are terrible - with a few exceptions. Since that TED talk, there's been a bunch of movement(s) to bring new flags forward - all of which have been signficant improvements on the previous (usually low-thought, ugly flags with writing on them). The Illinois flag - which features the seal of the state - is one of those terrible flags. It has all the marks of a terrible flag (per Roman Mars): has too many colors, has tiny symbols that are hard to see when flying on a tall pole and (I think the worst of bad-flag sins) has writing on it. Now...the State of Illinois has PLENTY of big and signficant problems and the state flag SHOULD be ...