Ben Franklin was very disappointed that the Bald Eagle was chosen as America’s national bird. Instead, Franklin wanted the turkey as a federal symbol. In a letter to his daughter he wrote,
For my own part I wish the Eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his Living honestly. You m…
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