The National Eagle Center stated the bald eagle becoming the national bird is important, because it unifies all Americans.

For more than 200 years, the bald eagle has been featured on the country’s Great Seal, which shows the bird carrying an olive branch and arrows in its talons. Charles Thomson, the secretary of ...

Read more: The eagle isn’t actually the national bird. An effort launched in Wabasha may change that. The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States, which is used in ...