----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 10:17
PM
Subject: Re: National symbols
Jeff Pawlowski
wrote:
Just
a neat bit of historical trivia for everyone...
Benjamin Franklin wanted
the US national bird to be
the Wild Turkey.
Don't know anything about
the story other than that,
or how the Bald Eagle ended up our
national symbol or
how it ended up on all of our currency
:)
Didn't the bloody thing kill and eat the turkey right before old
Benjamin's eyes? Sorry, couldn't resist.
Even the turkey is a better choice than having a flippin' beaver for your
national animal. (I live here, I can say it.)
S.
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