1. The Bald Eagle

2. The Bald Eagle
On the backs of our gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings.

3. One of the first battles of the Revolution:
National emblem
One of the first battles of the Revolution:
noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles
flew from their nests, circled over fighting men + raucous cries
"They are shrieking for Freedom!" (patriots)

4. Bald Eagle Info
Status of the bald eagle: June 28, 2007 the Interior Department took the American bald eagle off the endangered species list.
The Europeans first arrived fairly common. The human population , the eagle population
Until endangered (in 43 of the 48 states).

5. Historical Reference June 20th, 1782 The Continental Congress
adopted the current design for the Great Seal of the United States

6. a thirteen-leaf olive branch
The Seal
Bald Eagle grasping:
thirteen arrows
AND
a thirteen-leaf olive branch

7. A Sacred Bird In some North American cultures a sacred bird
Its feathers central to Native American religions and customs
Eagles = spiritual messengers between gods and humans

8. Honor
The Lakota: give an eagle feather, the symbol of honor, to a person who achieves a task.

9. Honor The Pawnee: symbols of fertility WHY?
their nests - high off the ground +
fiercely protect their young

10. Honor The Choctaw: a symbol of peace WHY? has direct contact
with the upper world
of the sun

11. given on a graduation from college.
Honor
Modern times:
given on a graduation from college.

12. Benjamin Franklin : a bird of bad moral character
Bad sign
Benjamin Franklin : a bird of bad moral character
does not get his living honestly: perches on ф dead tree, watches the hunting of the fishing-hawk pursues him takes it from him....
a rank coward

13. Thank you for attention!

14. Sources