31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Nuttall 28 Oct \ parent \ on: Dewey is Hitler, 1948 Politics_And_Law
American Eagle as a Phoenix
Here is a little debunking http://greatseal.com/mythamerica/mythobverse.html
Of course debunking is a always done when secrets start coming out
The eagle was not first a phoenix. Both an eagle and a phoenix appear together in the design suggested by the third Great Seal committee. And the phoenix was an appropriate, positive symbol "emblematical of the expiring Liberty of Britain, revived by her Descendants, in America."
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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 28 Oct
The bird that Ben Franklin wanted for the American symbol was the Wild Turkey! Wild Turkey makes a great whiskey, now.
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