Show Opposed Eagle Design Congress adopted the great seal of the United States from a design I by William Barton of Philadelphia in 1782 Benjamin Franklin Fran in fought the acceptance of the seal with its eagle design because of the bad moral character of the bird He first wanted the design to show Moses drowning Pharaoh in the Red Sea and then favored using I Ithe the turkey The eagle was sug sug- suggested suggested suggested by Charles Thompson a I I native of Ireland who was representing representing representing Pennsylvania in congress I |