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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.

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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 , 

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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. 

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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 

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4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey. He lost out. 

 

From the Franklin Institute:  :rolleyes:

 

 

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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.

 

 

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4 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

 

From the Franklin Institute:  :rolleyes:

 

 

 

Thanks for that article!

This is from snopes;

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/benjamin-franklin-turkey/

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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.

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