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America 101 videos – Donkey for Democrats/ Elephant for Republicans

Posted By llad On February 10, 2017 @ 8:07 pm In | Comments Disabled

From History.com

David Eisenbach explains the origin of the donkey as a symbol of the Democratic party and how the Republican party and the symbol of the elephant came together.

America 101: Why a Donkey for Democrats? video (2 min.): http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-a-donkey-for-democrats [1]

America 101: Why an Elephant for Republicans? video (2 min.): http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-an-elephant-for-republicans [2]


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[1] http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-a-donkey-for-democrats: http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-a-donkey-for-democrats

[2] http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-an-elephant-for-republicans: http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections/videos/america-101-why-an-elephant-for-republicans

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