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Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey for the national symbol.
Benjamin Franklin wanted a turkey instead of a bald eagle for the national symbol.
The Founding Father who wanted the turkey to be the U.S. national symbol was Benjamin Franklin. Other Founding Fathers were not in agreement with him and they voted on and chose the Bald Eagle.
Benjamin Franklin. He wanted the Wild Turkey
Ben Franklin is the forefather that chose it. He chose it because the bald eagle symbol was so poorly made it looked like a turkey so he made the national symbol the "turkey".
Benjamin Franklin, if you can believe it.
Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence and wanted the turkey as the national bird.
Well, Ben Franklin and some of his fellow patriots wanted to establish national symbols (sort of like they had in the old country) and many wanted the Eagle to be our symbol as it was determined that the eagle was majestic and strong. However, Mr. Franklin wanted the Turkey to be our symbol. As he saw it, the Turkey had keen eyesight and was fleet of foot and wing and was quite elusive to the early hunters in this country. Eventually, might won out over wit and today, the turkey is our symbol.
Becuase it is a strong, fierce, noble bird that stands for power and might. (Benjamin Franklin wanted the national symbol to be a turkey but that idea got turned down for obvious reasons.)
He wanted to use a turkey instead of the bald eagle. So the answer it turkey.
Ben Franklin once jokingly suggested the Turkey as the national bird, he did not intend it to be taken seriously.
Turkey he thought the bald eagle was a symbol of laziness
AnswerBenjamin Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird, but he technically was not a president.Answerthe Turky is the national birdBenjamin Franklyn recommended the Turkey as a "Noble Bird" while the Eagle was a scavenger. Ben Franklin was, however, never the president
Ben Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird, believing that the turkey would be a better national symbol than the bald eagle, who was often seen feeding on carrion, and was therefore, in Franklin's opinion, little better than a vulture. Many people mistakenly refer to Mr. Franklin as a president, he was however never president. He was however a great inventor and founding father.
The one who was actually a turkey in disguise
He wanted to use the Turkey as a symbol of the US, rather than the Bald Eagle.
Ben Franklin objected to the use of the bald eagle as the national symbol because it is a scavenger and sometimes vicious. He suggest the turkey as the national symbol.
john Adams. ben Franklin wanted it to be a turkey, and thomas Jefferson wanted it to be a peacock!
wasn't a president, it was Benjamin Franklin
Because it is a noble and honerable bird. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey lol
It was once nominated as a national bird over 200 years ago
He wanted the turkey. He thought the bald eagle was a predator and didn’t deserve to be the national bird.
The man whose likeness currently graces the American one hundred dollar bill - Benjamin Franklin.
The turkey. Franklin felt the wild turkey represented a symbol of peace, of thansgiving, and the spirit of the American people.
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