William C Fox
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Donkey & Elephant!? | History Of The Political Party Symbols
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March 16, 2016
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2:51Now PlayingWhy is the Demoratic Symbol a donkey and the Republican Symbol an elephant? What is the history of the political party symbols? What is the story behind the animal mascots of our major parties? Here is the history of the Democratic Donkey and Republican Elephant.
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Smithsonian Magazine Online was particularly helpful in finding information.
Info for this video was also pulled from my copy of John Meacham's 'American Lion' page 3,
various webnews stories, including these two:
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elephant: By Muhammad Mahdi Karim FacebookThe making of this document was supported by Wikimedia CH. Own work, GFDL 1.2,
owl By Source, Fair use,
allindiatiger By FOTW website, Fair use,
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