国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 1月5日 20時38分

Are you ready for #NationalBirdDay? We don't think the day would be complete without a tribute to the bald eagle, our national bird ?. Fortunately, we have quite a few eagles in our collections. Here are three of our favorites: ? This golden eagle is a particularly rare breed. It graces the side of a 1933 "Double Eagle" 20 dollar gold coin. When U.S. production of gold coins stopped in 1933, it was decided that all the double eagles struck that year were to be melted down and conveyed as bullion to Fort Knox. A handful of coins, however, were spirited away. Incredibly, we have not one but two of these double eagles in our collection. ?This eagle protected Americans in the 1800s from fire damage. In the 1750s, some American insurance companies began issuing metal fire marks to policyholders. The marks were literally affixed to homes and businesses. For property owners, the marks were proof of insurance against fire damage; for insurance companies, they served as a form of advertising. The Eagle Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, produced this particular fire mark in 1850. ? This eagle lit the way for a political statement. In the United States, the torchlight parade was a political demonstration perfected during Abraham Lincoln's successful presidential campaign. Marchers lit up the night with blazing campaign torches and lanterns—some, like this one, designed to look like our national bird.
We hope you'll join us this #NationalBirdDay as we look to the skies (and our collections storage rooms) for more avian-inspired objects.
NationalBirdDay #BirdDay #Eagle #Numismatics #DoubleEagle #Firefighting #PoliticalHistory #BusinessHistory #AbrahamLincoln #Lincoln #OhioHistory

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