Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 I had no idea the Eagle wasn't officially the National Bird. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/biden-signs-a-bill-officially-making-the-bald-eagle-the-national-bird-of-the-us-3256105/ Quote
Cypress Sun Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 I always thought that the Bald Eagle was the National Bird. About time that it became official. The only worthwhile thing he's done in 4 years. 2 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 Well, Biden finally got something right. It's great but doesn't offset all the things he did that were so Horribly WRONG! 3 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 Hm. The boy finally has something to claim as his "legacy." 2 Quote
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Hm. The boy finally has something to claim as his "legacy." He gave us the bird! 5 Quote
watab kid Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 this was a surprise to me , i grew up believing it was official , there was this rub about the wild turkey decades ago but i thought that "offical" status was the source of the rub , Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 28, 2024 Author Posted December 28, 2024 1 hour ago, watab kid said: this was a surprise to me , i grew up believing it was official , there was this rub about the wild turkey decades ago but i thought that "offical" status was the source of the rub , Ben Franklin wanted the turkey. He lost out. 2 Quote
watab kid Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Ben Franklin wanted the turkey. He lost out. yup , he pushed for it and in some ways i think he was right but for as long as ive been alive its been the eagle 3 Quote
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Ben Franklin wanted the turkey. He lost out. From the Franklin Institute: Quote The story about Benjamin Franklin wanting the National Bird to be a turkey is just a myth. This false story began due to a letter Franklin wrote to his daughter criticizing the original eagle design for the Great Seal, saying that it looked more like a turkey. In the letter, Franklin wrote that the “Bald Eagle...is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly…[he] is too lazy to fish for himself.” 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...He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.” So, although Benjamin Franklin defended the honor of the turkey against the bald eagle, he did not propose it become one of America’s most important symbols. 2 3 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 28, 2024 Author Posted December 28, 2024 (edited) 4 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: From the Franklin Institute: Thanks for that article! This is from snopes; https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/benjamin-franklin-turkey/ Edited December 28, 2024 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 5 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Thanks for that article! This is from snopes; https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/benjamin-franklin-turkey/ Screw Snopes! I won’t even look. They’re untrustworthy. No offense meant to you, Rye. 1 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 28, 2024 Author Posted December 28, 2024 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pat Riot said: Screw Snopes! I won’t even look. They’re untrustworthy. No offense meant to you, Rye. Yea normally I don’t use them but they were right on this as was many other sites that said the same thing. Edited December 28, 2024 by Rye Miles #13621 2 Quote
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