"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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".....For the Truth the Turkey is in Comparison a much more
respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He
is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would
not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should
presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on."

Benjamin Franklin

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I read somewhere that if old Ben had had his way, the Turkey would be the
National Bird of the USA rather than the Eagle.

Eisboch