The motto is: State sovereignty, national union
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The motto of Illinois State University is 'Gladly we Learn and Teach'.
"State sovereignty, national union" is the official state motto of Illinois.
"State sovereignty, national union" is the official state motto of Illinois.
Two months after Illinois entered the Union, the new Illinois General Assembly decreed, on February 19, 1819 they decided that a state seal should be made. The state motto isn't really the state motto, more as the adopted motto because of the seal.
The motto of Illinois is "State Sovereignty, National Union".In 1955, "Land of Lincoln" became the state's official slogan.
State sovereignty, National union.
The state motto of Illinois is "State Sovereignty, national union"
The motto of Northern Illinois University is 'Forward, Together Forward'.
State Sovereignty, National Union
State sovereignty, National union.
The Illinois state motto is related to the issues surrounding the power of an individual state versus the power of the Union. Illinois entered the Union as a free state, but Mississippi, just before, had come into the Union as a slave state. Alabama was to follow Illinois as a slave state. The Civil War was still a polarizing reality and Illinois' motto was symbolic of the issues that had been confronted during the brutal conflict.
Ditat Deus (God enriches).