(Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) The competition comes two years after Cook County adopted a new design to replace its own “seal on a bedsheet” flag, which had been used since 1961. Yet there are ...

Chicago’s original flag was designed in a City Council-sponsored contest in 1917. The winning design was submitted by Wallace Rice, an author and a lecturer at the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Chicago flag tells a story in its stars and stripes, and there is meaning behind each of the elements of the iconic banner. It all starts at the beginning with Wallace Rice, who is credited ...

there’s a good design trying to get out.” Chicagoans come into this contest with a strange disadvantage: Our city flag is too good. The Chicago flag looks effortless, but its creator ...

there’s a good design trying to get out.” Chicagoans come into this contest with a strange disadvantage: Our city flag is too good. The Chicago flag looks effortless, but its creator ...

“People seem to be drawn to flags that have good design. Chicago has one of the best flag designs for a city. That makes it easier to be popular in Chicago,” said Ted Kaye, author of the book ...

They grew up in Naperville and then moved to Chicago where they lived for 18 years before moving to Des Plaines. Meaning behind the flag design: My flag uses a silhouette of the State of Illinois ...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that a panel will accept submissions to redesign the Illinois flag from Sept. 3 to Oct. 18, 2024. The commission will select 10 designs based on how they ...

If the flag indeed is changed, it would be the first modification to the design since it was first adopted in 1915, and since 1969 when the word “Illinois” was added underneath.