I have gone through all 4838 Illinois Flag Commission design submissions that were released to @milesmacclure.bsky.social via FOIA so that you don't have to wade through countless Abe Lincoln silhouettes, bald eagles, and "LAND OF TAXES" grievance flags to find the funny ones. Thread starts here.
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Weird fact - discovered one of the ones in the actual running was co-designed by a high school classmate's granddaughter. How's that for tenuous?
1. You can view the full FOIA release at Ian's link below. The released images are often pretty grainy.
2. I did not include many child-drawn flags in this roundup. Many are visually funny, but were generally meant in earnest, and I didn't want to be mean-spirited.
4. Among the 4000+ submissions, there were also lots of genuinely good designs. Sometime after this thread, I'll make a second one showing some of my personal favorites, then link it at the end of this one.