Why does the Illinois state seal have the date of Aug. 26, 1818? What’s with the year 1868 on the rock? And why is the word “sovereignty” upside down?

State Seal of Biliteracy, ... In 2022, more than 6,800 students in Illinois earned the Seal of Biliteracy in 38 different languages, according to state data. School District 218.

Illinois’ current state flag has remained largely unchanged for more than a century, but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently paved the way to a new banner for the Land of Lincoln. Senate Bill ...