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BumRushDaShow

(144,169 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:20 PM 13 hrs ago

The bald eagle is officially America's national bird after Biden's signature

Source: NBC News

Dec. 24, 2024, 6:45 PM EST


The bald eagle has landed in U.S. Code as President Joe Biden signed a bill Tuesday making the predator the official national bird

Congress passed the measure with unanimous support.

Although the bird of prey is at the center of the Great Seal of the United States, it was never formally recognized as the country's official bird. Some of the country’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, were tasked with creating a national seal but simply couldn't come to an agreement.

So in 1782, a version of the seal with a bald eagle was submitted by Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson and approved. Most Americans are familiar with the seal's eagle carrying a flag-emblazoned shield holding an olive branch in one talon and arrows in the other.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bald-eagle-officially-americas-national-bird-bidens-signature-rcna185380

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The bald eagle is officially America's national bird after Biden's signature (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago OP
Damn, I thought the Eagle WAS ALWAYS the national symbol..... a kennedy 13 hrs ago #1
same. After Franklin considered the turkey (not a bad choice) the bald eagle prevailed. On coinage since 1700's?? Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #10
I'm betting the muskrat will be the official National rodent soon. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #2
The eagle knows who is America's real enemy IronLionZion 12 hrs ago #3
The eagle is smarter than many voters. GreenWave 12 hrs ago #7
Wish he/she would have taken his face off. Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #11
There's still time. ... littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #17
I thought of this about right after reading the OP! 😄 electric_blue68 9 hrs ago #19
trump will probably want to change it to the vulture. (nt) Paladin 12 hrs ago #4
Cue the MAGAts saying they never liked the eagle.. Lucky Luciano 12 hrs ago #5
Or watch 47... littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #18
Meh lonely bird 12 hrs ago #6
"Beyond that?" BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #20
1776 - The Egg elleng 12 hrs ago #8
Aweome! Polybius 11 hrs ago #9
Another life-long misconception that this was our official symbol? Evolve Dammit 11 hrs ago #12
And a long struggle by a private citizen to get Congress to Igel 10 hrs ago #13
Joe gave 47 the bird! 🦅 Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #14
FOX reporting Biden gave America the bird on way out. Sneederbunk 10 hrs ago #15
🖕🏻🦊❗️ Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #16
Trump would never have picked the bald eagle. JustABozoOnThisBus 6 min ago #21

a kennedy

(32,320 posts)
1. Damn, I thought the Eagle WAS ALWAYS the national symbol.....
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:24 PM
13 hrs ago

Well bout gawd damn time then….thanks POTUS Joe Biden.

Evolve Dammit

(19,054 posts)
10. same. After Franklin considered the turkey (not a bad choice) the bald eagle prevailed. On coinage since 1700's??
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:13 PM
11 hrs ago

lonely bird

(1,965 posts)
6. Meh
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 07:44 PM
12 hrs ago

Don’t really care.

Great that the eagle is looked after from an environmental standpoint.

Beyond that?

Polybius

(18,352 posts)
9. Aweome!
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:39 PM
11 hrs ago

And the House and Senate vote was unanimous! Good, because you'd have to be an anti-American to vote against this bill.

Igel

(36,229 posts)
13. And a long struggle by a private citizen to get Congress to
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:36 PM
10 hrs ago

accept that the eagle wasn't the national symbol and then draft and present the legislation.

The credit really shouldn't go to the inspector's stamp but to the craftsman.

Thank you, Mr. Cook.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,825 posts)
21. Trump would never have picked the bald eagle.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 08:24 AM
6 min ago

Maybe a dyed, combed-over, blow-dried, hairsprayed eagle. That would be the baddest eagle in history.

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