"As best we can tell, it hasn't been used since the '70s." CHAMPAIGN — High above the Armory's south entrance stands a lonesome, rusted flagpole. No flag has flown there for some time and one group is working to change that. "We want to restore the original flagpole and put it into operation so we can fly the stars and stripes again," said Eric Stetson, a military science professor at the University of Illinois. read more