Trench Art is art or craft work created by service members while serving in a war zone. Indeed, it is work executed by the artist while...

Do you ever wonder why the Illinois 1964 license plate is purple? Or, why the 1975 plate is yellow? Illinois has some of the brightest and most varied colors in its license plate past. Unlike many other states, throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, the colors of the Illinois license plates changed each year. It fell to the Secretary of the State to select the colors. For many of those years, the colors were purposeful and significant. They include the colors of universities

In 1943, the Illinois Secretary of State explained the war time, non-metal license plates to car owners with a special note that was...