Ocupation: Founding Father of the United States
Life: January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
Birthday: January 17
Death: April 17
I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
source: Letter to Sarah Bache, January 26, 1784.
topic: Moral Character, Bald Eagle, Our Country