"I saw a movie in 1966 called A Thousand Clowns ... the bald eagle had ever been legislatively designated as our national bird nor any presidential proclamation," as he told NPR's All Things ...

After learning the U.S. doesn't officially recognize the bald eagle as its national bird, a Minnesota man swooped in and wrote a bill for Congress. This week, Biden signed it into law.

“I saw a movie in 1966 called A Thousand Clowns ... the bald eagle had ever been legislatively designated as our national bird nor any presidential proclamation,” as he told NPR’s All ...

The bird has evolved into a cultural symbol, representing sports teams and American clothing brands, and being written into movie lines and ... which became the national mammal in 2016, and ...

We’ve never had a national bird,” Cook told The Washington Post ... to correct the 248-year-old oversight begins in a dark movie theater in the mid-1960s with a single line: “You can ...

The bald eagle is officially the national bird of the United States. Wait ... what? Hasn't the bald eagle been the national bird for centuries? Actually, no. While the bird has been on quarters ...

“I saw a movie in 1966 called A Thousand Clowns ... find “anything whatsoever that the bald eagle had ever been legislatively designated as our national bird nor any presidential proclamation,” as he ...

The bald eagle had never been declared the national bird — until Preston Cook, an avid collector of all things eagle-themed, unearthed the truth and fought to correct the oversight.

"I saw a movie in 1966 called A Thousand Clowns ... the bald eagle had ever been legislatively designated as our national bird nor any presidential proclamation," as he told NPR's All Things ...