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The capital of Illinois is Springfield. Although it wasn't the first, The second, but the third state capital of Illinois. It is because Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located there . It also in the central location in Illinois where you can look back at history and look in the future

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The year Illinois first became as a U.S State was December 3rd, 1818. But before it became a state, there was already two Native American groups already there. One of the groups was called "Illiniwek" which is where the state was named after.. It was 21st state to join U.S. It was discovered by French settlers.

Old map of USA

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There were two Native American group. One of them was the Illiniwek Indians which had a total of twelve  tribes. They occupied most of central Mississippi, which is what is most of Illinois today. Miami tribe was what the name of the second group. They lived in villages located in the west and south of Lake Michigan.

One of the people from one of the tribes of the group Illiniwek

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Lincoln, Obama, Grant, and Reagan were the four president who once lived in Illinois. Although the only president, Reagan, was born and raised in Illinois. Lincoln lived in Springfield. Grant lived in Galena. Obama lived in Chicago. Reagan was raised in Dixon.

Lincoln carrying a boom box pretending to listen to music to look cool while taking the picture.

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The first flag of Illinois was adopted in 1915. It features an eagle holding a banner in its beak with the state moto written on it. And the current version of the flag was approved in 1969.

Here is the current flag of Illinois:

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Illinois has two nicknames, they are: The Prairie State and Land of Lincoln. It got the name "Land of Lincoln" because Abraham Lincoln lived in Illinois and then became President of The United States.

Here's what you see when you enter Illinois with its nickname right below it:

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The following are 5 facts I found interesting about Illinois
1. Illinois is home to the worlds biggest bottle to ketchup
2. Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th amendment to abolish slavery.
3. Nearly 80% of the state's land area is farm land
4. Twinkies were invented on April 6, 1930 in River Forest, Illinois
5. Illinois has a state song; https://youtu.be/es66KBkHaG8

Below is a word cloud of Illinois

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Senators: Richard Durbin and Tammy Ducksworth
Representatives:

Bobby Rush, Robin Kelly, Daniel Lipinski, Luis Gutiérrez, Mike Quigley, Peter Rosskam, Danny Daivs, Raja Krishnamoonrthi, Janice Shkowsky, Bradley Schneider, Bill Foster, Mike Bost, Rodney Davis, Randy Hultgren, John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Cheri Bustos, and Darin LaHood

The two senators

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State Flower: Violet
State Tree: Native Oak
State Bird: Cardinal
State Animal: White-tailed deer
This were the work of the schoolchildren of Illinois. The schoolchildren voted on it and the Illinois Government would make it into a bill.

A white-tailed deer