Daughter of George S Park and Mary Louise Holmes Park.
George S Park founder of Park college and Parkville, Platte County, Missouri
She is considered the mother of the Illinois State Flag. During her tenure as State Regent of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution (1910-13), she became aware that there was no Illinois flag hanging in Memorial Continental Hall, the national headquarters of the society in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Lawrence wrote hundreds of letters to state legislators, DAR members, and public officials to interest them in the adoption of a state flag. She even sponsored a contest for the best design offering a $25 prize to the chapter submitting the chosen one. Her goal was accomplished on July 6, 1915, when Senate Bill 446 became law. It provided for the display of the state seal on a white background.
George S Park founder of Park college and Parkville, Platte County, Missouri
She is considered the mother of the Illinois State Flag. During her tenure as State Regent of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution (1910-13), she became aware that there was no Illinois flag hanging in Memorial Continental Hall, the national headquarters of the society in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Lawrence wrote hundreds of letters to state legislators, DAR members, and public officials to interest them in the adoption of a state flag. She even sponsored a contest for the best design offering a $25 prize to the chapter submitting the chosen one. Her goal was accomplished on July 6, 1915, when Senate Bill 446 became law. It provided for the display of the state seal on a white background.
Daughter of George S Park and Mary Louise Holmes Park.
George S Park founder of Park college and Parkville, Platte County, Missouri
She is considered the mother of the Illinois State Flag. During her tenure as State Regent of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution (1910-13), she became aware that there was no Illinois flag hanging in Memorial Continental Hall, the national headquarters of the society in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Lawrence wrote hundreds of letters to state legislators, DAR members, and public officials to interest them in the adoption of a state flag. She even sponsored a contest for the best design offering a $25 prize to the chapter submitting the chosen one. Her goal was accomplished on July 6, 1915, when Senate Bill 446 became law. It provided for the display of the state seal on a white background.
George S Park founder of Park college and Parkville, Platte County, Missouri
She is considered the mother of the Illinois State Flag. During her tenure as State Regent of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution (1910-13), she became aware that there was no Illinois flag hanging in Memorial Continental Hall, the national headquarters of the society in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Lawrence wrote hundreds of letters to state legislators, DAR members, and public officials to interest them in the adoption of a state flag. She even sponsored a contest for the best design offering a $25 prize to the chapter submitting the chosen one. Her goal was accomplished on July 6, 1915, when Senate Bill 446 became law. It provided for the display of the state seal on a white background.
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