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Why these 3 states in one puzzle? My husband and I just took a vacation to IL and FL, so they were on my mind, There’s more blue on each side of it. The info below is a mishmash of Wikipedia stuff, state homepages, and my editorializing. Please note that I had to play with flag dimensions a bit, especially for NY state’s flag, so that it would all fit together.

FL: the flag and state seal stand for more than just the transplants from NY & IL, and across various branches of my family, the state is referred to as “God’s waiting room” and “The Election State.” The flag of Florida has a design that reflects its colonial history. The red saltire on a white background can be traced to the region’s discovery (Ponce de Leon in 1513) and colonization by the Spanish Hapsburgs whose banners included it. Various regions of what is now Florida had flags that reflected the European power ‘in charge’ of each region. Over time the flag reflected British control, the Confederacy in American Civil War, …(see Wikipedia… it’s actually pretty interesting).
The state seal is superimposed on the center. The design, approved by popular referendum in 1900, features a Seminole woman spreading flowers (again, see Wikipedia for details) with Sabal palms (Florida's state tree). In the background a steamboat sails before a sun breaking the horizon, with rays of sunlight extending into the sky. The seal is encircled with the words "Great Seal of the State of Florida", and "In God We Trust" (the state motto).

NY: Nowhere on the flag is the state named, which I think is interesting. The coat of arms of the state of New York was formally adopted in 1778, and appears as a component of the state's flag and seal, flanked by two goddesses: Liberty and Justice. On the left side, Liberty holds a pole, on which rests a Liberty Cap (see the wiki), and holds her foot on the overthrown English Crown. On the right side, blindfolded and impartial Justice holds the balanced scales, as well as the sword of liberty (therefore, not tyranny) high.
The shield itself displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (which leads to the sea, and therefore the Old World), bordered by a grassy shore and a mountain range (actually Mt. Beacon) in the background with the sun rising behind it (the New World). Why is the sun smiling? [said in best cab driver voice, waddayou lookin’ at?] This image of the sun with a smiling face in the New York state seal may be related to it being found in the medieval sun badge of the House of York (the namesake of the state) and in the arms of Jonas Bronck (who’s family settled in what is now the Bronx.
The world globe is displayed above the shield, perhaps showing Old and New Worlds together. Above the world globe soars the eagle, facing left (= the New World). The bottom ribbon exclaims "Excelsior," which means "still higher" or "ever upward”.

IL: Having lived there for several years, why is there no corn??????? And what about the Mississippi River? The Great Seal of the State of Illinois is the official emblem of the state, and signifies the official nature of a document produced by the state of Illinois. The flag of the state of Illinois consists of the seal of Illinois on a white background, with the word "Illinois" underneath the seal. The present seal was adopted in 1869, the flag bearing the central elements of the seal was adopted in 1915, and the word “Illinois” was added to the flag in 1970.
The seal’s design contains the dates 1818 (year of statehood) and 1868 (year of the state seal’s redesign by Sharon Tyndale), and features a bald eagle pitched on a rock carrying a shield in its talons with 13 stars & 13 stripes on the shield represent the original thirteen states of the Union; in the eagle’s beak is a banner with the state motto, "State Sovereignty, National Union.“ Although Tyndale, who disagreed with the syntax of the approved state motto (“National Union, State Sovereignty”) _technically_ kept the words in the proper order, he his design folds the banner so that "State" is at the bottom and "Sovereignty" is upside-down, so the word "Sovereignty" is upside down, arguably making it less readable.
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