The bald eagle had been on the nation’s Great Seal since the Revolutionary War, but it was never codified in law as the official bird.
One prominent member of American society received a promotion with bipartisan support this holiday season: The bald eagle is now the official bird of the United States, a proclamation nearly 250 ...
(Edyta Blaszczyk/Odessa American via AP ... Congress that same year designated the bald eagle as the the national emblem, and its image appears in a host of places, ranging from documents and ...