Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before beginning his third term.

The symbolism also has meaning to Native American tribes. In 1782, the bald eagle landed on the Great Seal of the United States, solidifying its role as a national symbol. The choice by the ...

A century after the bald eagle debuted on our national seal, it still adorned the 1885 ... “a very large proportion have never seen an American eagle in the sky.” In 1940, a year before ...

Although each state is represented by a single star on the American flag ... Look closer at the U.S. seal, and you'll see the eagle is gripping an olive branch in its right talon (for peace ...