RE: National symbols

["Neal Hyde" <nhyde@xxxxxxxxx>]

Careful there, Gurth.  At the time, the majority of Americans (exluding
Native Americans) were born in Europe or were 1st generation Americans ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: Gurth [mailto:Gurth@xs4all.nl]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:12 AM
To: millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org
Subject: Re: National symbols


According to Jeff Pawlowski, on Wed, 06 Feb 2002 the word on the street
was...

> Just a neat bit of historical trivia for everyone...
>
> Benjamin Franklin wanted the US national bird to be
> the Wild Turkey.

That probably has to do with the size and shape of the average American ;)

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