The story of Ben Franklin and the turkey. Was the Thanksgiving bird almost a U.S. symbol?

If you’re know-it-all cousin tries to tell you Benjamin Franklin wanted the country’s national symbol to be a turkey, rather ...
Yahoo

Finally, the bald eagle is our national bird. Here is the history of the symbol

The bald eagle became the United States national bird on Dec. 24, 2024, approximately 242 years after most Americans assumed it already was our national bird. In 1782 the bald eagle was placed on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Which defines you best — your state and its symbols or your political party?

What do Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nebraska, Mississippi, Michigan, Utah, Minnesota, Maine, South Carolina and Massachusetts — states that span U.S. regions and the political divide — have in common? All ...