About the turkey, Franklin wrote that in comparison to the bald eagle, the turkey is “a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America ...

The original choice for America's National Symbol was not the bald eagle. Find out which bird it was, and how the eagle was chosen.

25 нояб. 2020 г. · ... Bald Eagle became the national bird. Did Benjamin Franklin want the Wild Turkey to be the national bird? Since Benjamin Franklin's suggested ...

21 нояб. 2016 г. · The notion that Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey as the national symbol of the United States, over the bald eagle.

13 нояб. 2022 г. · It's funny you say this, as our national bird was almost not the Bald Eagle but instead a Turkey. Or at least Benjamin Franklin really wanted it ...

5 авг. 2024 г. · The Senate passed a bill to designate the bald eagle as the national bird after research showed it had never been officially chosen.

24 февр. 2022 г. · Golden Eagle was Considered. As the Founding Fathers set about determining the national bird discussion turned toward using a golden eagle but ...

21 нояб. 2016 г. · The story that Franklin proposed the turkey as the national symbol began to circulate in American newspapers around the time of the country's centennial.

20 июн. 2024 г. · Members of Congress from Minnesota recently introduced legislation to name Haliaeetus leucocephalus — the bald eagle — the national bird of the ...