yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird. The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States, which ...

The United States of America isn't short on ... From that point on, the Great Seal functioned not only as a national symbol but a formal sign of authority for all federal government business ...

and national tree (the oak). What the Continental Congress did was put the bald eagle on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. Long venerated by Native cultures, Haliaeetus leucocephalus ...

Though the bald eagle is used on the country’s official seals ... the United States,” Finstad said in a statement. “Today, we rightfully recognize the bald eagle as our official national ...