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Bald eagles make big return to Indiana
In 1782, the bald eagle was chosen as the country’s national symbol. Curt Burnett, Limberlost educator, told those attending an educational program on the eagle on Independence Day that Benjamin Franklin had pushed to have the wild turkey as the national symbol.
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