Meaning behind the flag design: The flag is divided into seven stripes (there’s a white stripe on the top and bottom border), in a pattern of white and blue alternating.The biggest blue stripe ...

From a butterfly surrounded by stars to a silhouetted profile of Abraham Lincoln facing the state’s western border, the top 10 designs for Illinois’ new flag are now public.

And then there’s one painting that seems to stand out from the rest. It’s an upside-down US flag, with similar crosses. In 2013, a group of deported US military veterans helped paint what they ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is evaluating whether to remove a painting of an upside-down American flag — a military distress signal — that deported veterans painted on a border fence ...

In 1897, the Milwaukee Journal decided to hold a contest to design a city flag.The winning entry, by John Amberg, was published in the Journal in January 1898. Amberg won $15. The flag design ...