Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 5th most populous and 25th most extensive state, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country.
-Capital: Springfield
-Statehood granted: December 3, 1818
-State flower: Viola
-Motto: State Sovereignty, National Union
-State bird: Northern cardinal
-State tree: Quercus alba
-Nicknames: The Prairie State, Land of Lincoln
FAMOUS ILLINOISANS
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Foundation. Click on President Lincoln
and son Tad.
President Barack Obama
President Lincoln
Important Illinois Facts & Information
The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis.
Chicago, IL (1948) Click on Pop Staples (right).
Click on President Obama to visit the Obama Foundation website.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
~Abraham Lincoln
"Take away Love and our Earth is a Tomb"
~ Robert Browning
Click dog to see
famous musicians from Chicago..
Listen to Herbie Hancock,
born in Chicago.
Click to 'hear
"Tribute to Miles"
Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan,
Robert Cray
Sweet Home Chicago - 1990
Born February 12, 1809,
Served in IL House of Representatives
Assassinated: April 15, 1865,
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
Click on President Abraham Lincoln - A Tribute.
God is Love.
Click eagle to listen to the
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
one of Churchill's favorite hymns.
“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.”
― Nelson Algren
“Let me tell your something. I'm from Chicago. I don't break.”
― Barack Obama
Illinois is a midwestern state bordering Indiana in the east and the Mississippi River in the west. Nicknamed "the Prairie State," it's marked by farmland, forests, rolling hills and wetlands.
On Lake Michigan in its northeast is Chicago, one of the largest cities in the U.S. It’s famous for its skyscrapers, such as sleek, 1,451-ft. Willis Tower and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower.
Capital: Springfield
First Lady Michelle Obama
Barack Obama Foundation
Presidential Center. Chicago
chosen as location!
Learn about Lake Michigan! Click on the skyline. Chicago is at the Lake’s southernmost point.
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"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." ~Abraham Lincoln
Alison Krauss
July 23, 1971
born Decatur, Illinois
6th Annual
Illinois Week for the Animals
~To Be Rescheduled due to current DC administration on the attack of Illinois communities! ~
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God Bless the great State of Illinois!
Champs
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Illinois Gained Statehood
December 3, 1818
God Bless the United States of America
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Michael Jordan receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 23, 2016.Obama said "Michael Jordan is the Michael Jordan of greatness. He is the definition of somebody so good at what they do that everybody recognizes him.
Photo from Pete Souza at the White House
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
(Born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ is an American businessman and retired professional basketball player who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time,[9][10][11] he was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990).
Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenships, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second (after his immediate predecessor Pope Francis) from the Americas.
Prevost was born in Chicago and raised in the nearby suburb of Dolton, Illinois. He became a friar in the Order of Saint Augustine in 1977 and was ordained as a priest in 1982. He earned a Doctor of Canon Law (JCD) degree in 1987 from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. His service includes extensive missionary work in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s, during which he worked as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher, and administrator.
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