Carrier Pigeons and War

Carrier Pigeons have contributed greatly to America's war efforts. Doves and pigeons are really all the same bird - the Rock pigeon.  There has been breeding to make them faster, smarter, or to have more of a homing sense.  More information is at the links below:

Carrier Pigeons World War I

The Pigeons That Helped Win WWII

How To Train Homing Pigeons
War Pigeon
The Training of Homing Pigeons During WWI (France)

E Pluribus Unum

The United States National Motto is currently "In God We Trust". Our Founders decided in 1782 that our motto should be "E Pluribus Unum" (out of many, one).  Learn more here: link

"The constitutionality of the modern national motto has been questioned with relationship to the separation of church and state outlined in the First Amendment...."

Theodore Roosevelt and "Teddy's Bears"

Teddy Bears are more or less universal in being a comfort for anyone, any age. In the United States, they became "Teddy's Bears" when President Theodore Roosevelt spared the life of a bear while hunting, and a shop owner asked if he could use "Teddy's Bears" for the name of his bears.  The link for this story is: The Real Teddy Bear Story

The Theodore Roosevelt Association also accepts donations so that they can provide Teddy Bears to children.  Teddy Bears For Kids

In addition, and in the closer view of soldiers and war, everyone remembers Radar O'Reilly and his Teddy Bear. MASH was a television show all about the Korean War.

Getting back to Theodore Roosevelt and bears - America is a refuge for Brown bears (which includes Grizzly Bears), Black Bears (in the northeast regions), and Polar Bears. Brown and Polar bears are found in Alaska.  Black bears can be either brown or black.  Bears are a national treasure. Some videos about America's bears are listed below:

Grizzlies of Alaska

Bears of North America

North America's Bears on Camera

Vermont Teddy Bear Company and How Bears Are Made- HGTV

Vermont Teddy Bear Company

1991 Vermont Teddy Bear "Classic" 15 inches tall