Corn State The reference to Corn reflects the main crop raised. The climate is good for crop growth in which the hot summers help plants grow and the cold winters help soil replenish itself. Most of the corn is used for livestock feed, but corn is also used for ethanol a fuel additive , plastics and foods.
Illinois Flag. American Symbols. State Mottos. E pluribus unum. Illinois State Motto. The Illinois State Motto The Illinois motto is: "State sovereignty, national union" The Meaning of the Illinois State Motto The meaning of this famous motto reflects to the issues surrounding the power of individual states versus the power of the Union. The Illinois State Nickname The Illinois Motto is complimented by a less formal, popular Illinois nickname which, combined with the motto, are highly descriptive of the people, the geography and the history of the region.
The names used as nicknames are: Illinois State Nickname List. Official Nickname: Prairie State. Rainy State and the Corn State.
Fuller that a new seal was needed. He asked Senator Fuller to sponsor a bill to authorize that new seal. In the bill that Fuller sponsored, Tynsdale proposed changing the wording on the banner the eagle held to "National Union, State Sovereignty" from the original "State Sovereignty, National Union.
The Senate disagreed with Tynsdale's proposed wording change. A new State Seal was authorized of March 7, ; however, the amended bill restored the original wording. Although Tinsdale followed the General Assembly's decree that he not reverse the wording, he redesigned the seal in such a way that the words "National Union" are more prominent than the words "State Sovereignty.
The present Great Seal of the State of Illinois is essentially unchanged from the one produced by Tynsdale. State mottoes can help us gain insight into the history of a state. Like many state mottoes, the Illinois state motto, State Sovereignty - National Union , was not approved as an official state motto, but rather, was adopted as an element of the State Seal.
Two months after Illinois entered the Union, the new Illinois General Assembly decreed, on February 19, , that a permanent state seal should be obtained for use on the official documents of the state. A seal, modeled after the Great Seal of the United States was created with some differences appropriate to Illinois as a state. In a new seal was cut that differed somewhat from the original but retained the same motto.
Fuller and requested that he sponsor legislation in the General Assembly to authorize a new seal. Tynedale said that the old seal had worn out and a new one was needed.
A controversy arose in the General Assembly, however, when it was discovered that Tynedale was intent on changing the order of the wording on the seal from "State Sovereignty - National Union" to "National Union - State Sovereignty".
The General Assembly did not agree to this, the legislation was amended, and the wording remained as introduced in The bill authorizing a new seal was passed on March 7,
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