This Week In Illinois History: The Sucker State (May 17, 1955)

from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile

On May 17, 1955, the Illinois General Assembly approved the official state slogan: "Land of Lincoln." Before that, Illinois was known as the Prairie State. But Illinois also had an older, unofficial slogan that dates back to the state’s earliest days: the Sucker State.

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