Trivia Question of The Week

Q: Which one of America’s Founding Fathers thought the turkey should be the national bird of the United States.

A: In a letter to his daughter sent in 1784, Benjamin Franklin suggested that the wild turkey would be a more appropriate national symbol for the newly independent United States than the bald eagle (which had earlier been chosen by the Continental Congress). He argued that the turkey was a much more respectable bird and a symbol of courage.