Blue Eagle 612989 222850898 2008-07-01T12:34:25Z 68.14.88.244 {{otheruses}} [[Image:NewDealNRA.jpg|thumb|right|150px|NRA Blue Eagle]] The '''Blue Eagle''', a blue-colored representation of the American "[[thunderbird]]," with outspread wings, was a symbol used in the [[United States]] by companies to show compliance with the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]]. It was proclaimed on [[July 20]], [[1933]] as the symbol of industrial recovery by [[Hugh S. Johnson]], a follower of Italian Fascism, the head of the [[National Recovery Administration]]. It does bear strong resemblance to the [[German Eagle]]. All companies that accepted President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s Re-employment Agreement or a special Code of Fair Competition were permitted to display a poster showing the Blue Eagle together with the announcement, "NRA Member. We Do Our Part." On [[September 5]], [[1935]], following the invalidation of the compulsory code system, the emblem was abolished and its future use as a symbol was prohibited. In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] in 1933, [[Bert Bell|DeBenneville "Bert" Bell]] formed a new [[National Football League]] franchise to replace the defunct [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]]. He named this team the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]] in recognition of the New Deal NRA. The Eagles retain the name to this day. {{US-hist-stub}} [[Category:National Recovery Administration]]