Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB.That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” ...

Some Canadians felt a strong attachment to the British Union Jack and other wanted a new symbol for the country. One flag design proposed three maple leaves. Pictured here, student flag ...

The Illinois state flag design. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...