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The bald eagle was finally declared a national bird. What changes and what took so long?
The bald eagle is associated with America as a national symbol — as American as apple pie — but it’s never been official. President Joe Biden signed a law that makes the bald eagle ...
You might be surprised by when the bald eagle became our national bird
“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...
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Bald Eagles
This story appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. The eagle is a national symbol, not just for Americans, but for Germans like me and many other people too ...
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Bald eagle officially becomes the national bird
The bald eagle officially became the symbol of the U.S. after centuries of being recognized as one. The bald eagle’s flight ...
Finally, the bald eagle is our national bird. Here is the history of the symbol
In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the Great Seal of the United States and Americans just assumed it was our national bird − wrongly it turned out. While the U.S. had a national mammal (bison) and ...