The origins of eagles even date back to Greek mythology, where Zeus had one named Aetos Dios. Then, once the official signing of the Declaration of Independence came along, and the design for the national seal had to be chosen, there was a lot of controversy between a committee appointed by the Congress, men including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Franklin, for one, highly endorsed the turkey as the design, as he heavily pitied the eagle to be it, calling it a coward and morally inadequate. This soon came down to a six year long debate on what the design would be, and after a third committee took action, they came up with a design identical to a golden eagle, but was later changed to the bald eagle because the golden eagle was found in Europe as well. Today however, people in America are encircled by a numerous amount of bald eagles, whether it be the living bird, or an image of one. Commonly found on statues, buildings, company logos, U.S. currency, churches, art, music, literature, and generally the culture of the United
The origins of eagles even date back to Greek mythology, where Zeus had one named Aetos Dios. Then, once the official signing of the Declaration of Independence came along, and the design for the national seal had to be chosen, there was a lot of controversy between a committee appointed by the Congress, men including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Franklin, for one, highly endorsed the turkey as the design, as he heavily pitied the eagle to be it, calling it a coward and morally inadequate. This soon came down to a six year long debate on what the design would be, and after a third committee took action, they came up with a design identical to a golden eagle, but was later changed to the bald eagle because the golden eagle was found in Europe as well. Today however, people in America are encircled by a numerous amount of bald eagles, whether it be the living bird, or an image of one. Commonly found on statues, buildings, company logos, U.S. currency, churches, art, music, literature, and generally the culture of the United