Americanism Chairman of Illinois Girls State, Pat Williamson, takes down the American Flag Sunday afternoon in the Quad. (Submitted by Amir Prellberg)

At approximately 5:15 Sunday evening, 458 high school girls from all over the state began to pour out from Lawson, Thomas and Taylor halls into the South Quad. They gathered into groups around the flagpole and chatted while the rain began to slowly drip down. At 5:30, the girls fell silent.

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