The bald eagle officially became the symbol of the U.S. after centuries of being recognized as one. The bald eagle’s flight ...
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 ...
“The bison is the national mammal ... but the birds still enjoy protections from the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
It’s great now that it joins the bison as an official symbol of America ... “The only birds of prey with a larger wingspan are the golden eagle (they migrate through Pennsylvania ...
Generations of Americans have seen the bald eagle on the backs of the quarters ... emblem (the rose), and the national mammal (the bison). The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal ...
Congress has also designated the bison as the national mammal ... by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, which prohibit killing, selling or harming bald ...
so the once-endangered species can now fly alongside other national symbols including the national tree (the oak tree), the national floral emblem (the rose), and the national mammal (the bison). The ...