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Show Turkey Trivia THE NOBLE TURKEY Ben Franklin once proposed propos-ed that the turkey be declared the national bird and that its picture be placed on the Seal of the United States in place of the bald I eagle. ; ANCIENT TURKEYS I Some of the turkey's wild ancestors were an important food source for the American Indians centuries before the ! discovery of America. The j feathers were used as . ornaments and the spurs for j. arrow tips. ! THE FIRST THANKS- GIVING? j History gives credit to the pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving Thanks-giving feast in 1621, but some authorities claim Virginians Vir-ginians were celebrating Thanksgiving in Jamestown , as early as 1607. TURKEY IN TURKEY In Turkey (the country) turkey (the bird) is called "hindi." |