Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bald eagle became the United States national bird on Dec. 24, 2024, approximately 242 years after most Americans assumed it ...

Jackie the bald eagle laid a second egg three days after first of the season as Friends of Big Bear Valley nonprofit captures ...

The bald eagle became the American national bird on Christmas Eve when President Biden signed a bill written by a Minnesota man. Preston Cook collects eagle memorabilia and his collection of more than ...

Bicameral bipartisan bills in both Congressional chambers resoundingly passed and landed on outgoing President Joe Biden’s desk to amend title 36, United States Code, to elevate the bald eagle from ...

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Preston Cook, co-chair of the National Bird Initiative for the National Eagle Center, laugh while posing for photos with Angel, one of the Eagle Center's bald eagle ...

If you’ve ever wondered why is the bald eagle our national bird, we’ll give you the circumstances around the decision. When ...

The bald eagle officially became the symbol of the U.S. after centuries of being recognized as one. The bald eagle’s flight to becoming the official national bird ended when former President Joe Biden ...

It’s always a thrill to see a bald eagle in Illinois, and there was a time when the only place I could reliably find America’s symbol was by dressing in layers and driving several hours northwest to ...

Many dream of waking up on Christmas to a mound of presents stacked around a tree. Others simply wish to glimpse a few snowflakes when looking out the window. And then there’s Alexandra Greenberg, who ...

New Year's Eve and Jan. 1 may be nothing more than a memory as we look forward to the next federal and Florida holiday, so thank goodness there's the national calendar of things to celebrate. The next ...

A friend of mine who is a student of early history recently told me that she found out that Benjamin Franklin once wrote a letter to his daughter stating that “he would have preferred the wild turkey ...