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To: Red Badger

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey named our national bird. 😆


2 posted on 12/23/2024 11:34:15 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Looks like he was prescient..............


3 posted on 12/23/2024 11:34:44 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
> Ben Franklin wanted the turkey named our national bird. 😆

Ya beat me to it, I was about to mention that.

Having seen first-hand both bald eagles and wild turkeys in my front meadow over the years, I will say that either one would be a fine choice.

8 posted on 12/23/2024 11:42:32 AM PST by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey named our national bird. 😆

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That’s right. He must have been “in his cups’.”


16 posted on 12/23/2024 12:16:48 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possiWe neve hear of gambling paying off $billioble.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I’ve read in various places that he didn’t, really; though he admired the turkey more:

https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/benjamin-franklin/national-bird

(and as much as I like him, I think Franklin sometimes got his facts wrong...)


19 posted on 12/23/2024 12:27:55 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Georgia Girl 2

We have one of those as our outgoing President.


23 posted on 12/23/2024 1:42:54 PM PST by Daveinyork ( )
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