Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1903 — EFFIGY OF A FAMOUS EAGLE. [ARTICLE]

EFFIGY OF A FAMOUS EAGLE.

Fap, Bimile In Copper and Aluminum of “Old Abe” Burmounts a Government feuilding. Special to the New York Times. Washington, Feb. 27.—The naVy anaex building, Just west of the War Department building on Pennsylvania avenue, is surmounted by one of the most elaborate eagles to be seen on any Government flagstaff. It is an effigy in copper and aluminum of the famous bald-headed eagle, “Old Abe," which the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers carried with them through the civil war and for years maintained in princely quarters at the Capitol at Madison. A fine portrait and an interesting biography of this ramarkable eagle, probably the most noted bird in history, and the only feathered war veteran on record, will be found In the March number of “The Four-Track News,” which can be obtained of any newsdealer for five cents.