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  2. It's official: Biden signs new law, designates bald eagle as ...

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    Senate Passes Bill To Stop Shutdown, Sending It To President Biden's Desk. The bald eagle, which has been featured on the Great Seal of the United States since 1782 and has its own holiday and ...

  3. Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the ...

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    The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird. President Joe ...

  4. Bald eagle - Wikipedia

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    The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery (usually involving the golden eagle) was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States , depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with ...

  5. Bipartisan bill naming bald eagle as the national bird heads ...

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    The bald eagle, which has been a symbol of the United States since it appeared on the Great Seal in 1782, has never been designated into law as the official national bird.

  6. Great Seal of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Thomson used the eagle—this time specifying an American bald eagle—as the sole supporter on the shield. The shield had thirteen stripes, this time in a chevron pattern, and the eagle's claws held an olive branch and a bundle of thirteen arrows. For the crest, he used Hopkinson's constellation of thirteen stars.

  7. National symbols of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the United States [1] Seal: Great Seal of the United States (obverse) (reverse) [2] National motto "In God We Trust" E pluribus unum [3] [4] National anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" "The Star-Spangled Banner" [5] National march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" "The Stars and Stripes Forever" [6] Oath of Allegiance: Pledge of Allegiance ...

  8. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act - Wikipedia

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    The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668d) is a United States federal statute that protects two species of eagle.The bald eagle was chosen as a national emblem of the United States by the Continental Congress of 1782 and was given legal protection by the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940.

  9. Eagle - Wikipedia

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    [13] [16] Authors on birds David Allen Sibley, Pete Dunne, and Clay Sutton described the behavioral difference between hunting eagles and other birds of prey thus (in this case the bald and golden eagles as compared to other North American raptors): [17] An Eagle named in honor of Abraham Lincoln and was the mascot of 8th Wisconsin Infantry ...