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* Last week…

The governor signed the bill the very next day. Why 21 stars? We were the 21st state, so that’s how the flag would’ve looked after we were admitted in 1818.

* Today…

* I asked the bill’s sponsor Rep. Tim Butler if he had a photo…

[Originally posted photo was replaced with a much better one.]

Photo credit: Brian Bowles.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:33 pm

Comments

1. Luckily, Madigan had an original from his first term.

   (Footnote: the 21-star was the U.S. flag from July 4, 1819 to July 4, 1820, when the 23-star was adopted when Alabama and Maine were admitted to the Union).

   https://www.usflagstore.com/american_flag_history_1776_to_present_s/2205.htm

   Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:38 pm

2. Nice, but someday I’d like to see a 52 star flag, for Puerto Rico and Washington DC.

   Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:38 pm

3. This is great. We need to remember that some things are suppose to be bigger than partisan bickering. The bicentennial of Illinois is one of those things.

   The symbolism there, the history of this state is there with flag, 21 stars strong… and not even a civil war and the strifes thereafter, we’re still here.

   Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:40 pm

4. =52 star flag=

   Don’t hold your breath.

   Comment by Iggy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:42 pm

5. We’re number (twenty) one ::exclamation point::
   -or-
   Stuck in the middle with you.

   Comment by Jocko Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:45 pm

6. Third row from the top, last star on the right, straight on ’til morning.

   Comment by Earnest Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:50 pm

7. Oh, to be twenty-one again.

   Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:54 pm

8. To be fair the legislative delay is consistent with the flags history. The 21 star flag was in use from July 4, 1819 to July 3, 1820 which means they waited nearly 7 months after Illinois’ admission.

   Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 1:58 pm

9. ==Sometimes I think we botched our bicentennial celebration. ==

   Ya think?

   We’re going to run out of spots on the flag pole. US Flag. State Flag. Bicentennial Flag. 21 star flag.

   Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:02 pm

10. “Well, let’s run it up the flag pole, see if anyone salutes… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:03 pm

11. Sorry. This Bicentennial celebration has not been very exciting.

    Comment by BlueDogDem Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:04 pm

12. -Oh, to be twenty-one again-

    Preach, 47, preach.

    Caption: “What’s that little flag up there? I think it’s one star for every billion in debt.”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:06 pm

13. ==52 star flag==

    some people just can’t leave well enough alone…

    Comment by Saluki Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:07 pm

14. “We’re going to run out of spots on the flag pole”

    As long as their isn’t an appearance by Randall Flagg…

    Comment by a drop in Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:09 pm

15. “One flag if by Indiana, two flags if by Wisconsin… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:20 pm

16. “Under Trump, the 70th and 71st stars were added to the United States Annex Flag, continuing the largest American state expansion since the 13 colonies became states… “

    #FakeNews

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:23 pm

17. Aye captain, the admiral’s flag ship is signaling, it reads “because Madigan.”

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:24 pm

18. “I’ll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missourah!” — Abraham Jebediah Simpson.

    – MrJM

    Comment by @misterjayem Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:36 pm

19. “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”

    Comment by Texas Red Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:40 pm

20. “Bicentennial or not, Mapes never woulda approved that little flag hanging up there with the two big ones”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:42 pm

21. Aye captain, message to the convoy, it reads “we are so bad that pirates don’t want to board us!”

    Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:43 pm

22. Donald Trump orders new flag flown that removes states he lost in the presidential election.

    Comment by Demoralized Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 2:55 pm

23. Nice job on the photo but this (and all the bicentennial nonsense) is a waste of money.

    Comment by I Miss Bentohs Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 3:32 pm

24. Nice Stan Freberg reference by OW @ 2:03…

    “Besides, a hundred years from now, what the heck difference will it make?”

    Comment by Northsider Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 3:39 pm

25. “We’re going to run out of spots on the flag pole. US Flag. State Flag. Bicentennial Flag. 21 star flag.”
    Don’t forget the Amazon Flag, when Bezos creates his own state where Finkl Steel and General Iron used to be.

    Comment by 17% Percent Solution Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 3:48 pm

26. Illinois, we half a Lincoln on our plates and 3 flags on our pole.

    Comment by FormerParatrooper Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 4:00 pm

27. Good thing we were governing better back then or there might be 29 territories that never became stars.

    Comment by A guy Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 4:29 pm

28. Those complaining about two senators per state, regardless of population need to remember that without equal representation in the senate, there wouldn’t be a reason for any territory to become a state. No one would be voluntarily willing to let people living in distant large cities rule over them as though they were colonies.

    Comment by VanillaMan Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 5:20 pm

29. –Those complaining about two senators per state, regardless of population need to remember that without equal representation in the senate, there wouldn’t be a reason for any territory to become a state. No one would be voluntarily willing to let people living in distant large cities rule over them as though they were colonies.–

    Huh? Who do you think runs federal territories, then and now? Were you under the impression that they were/are independent?

    Comment by wordslinger Tuesday, Aug 7, 18 @ 5:37 pm

30. ==Don’t hold your breath.==
    97% of Puerto Ricans voted for statehood in June of 2017, so yes that is a long time to hold one’s breath.

    Comment by Da Big Bad Wolfd Wednesday, Aug 8, 18 @ 7:16 am

31. “What’s that little flag up there? I think it’s one star for every billion in debt.”

    No, that’s the big flag.

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Aug 8, 18 @ 7:24 am

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