13. Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania
The Market Street Bridge eagles aren’t the only ones that made it outside of New York. Another eagle made it to Pennsylvania and now sits on the campus of Valley Forge Military Academy. This eagle was originally owned by philanthropist and media mogul Walter Annenberg. Annenberg was behind publications like TV Guide, The Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, Seventeen magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Annenberg was also a United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1974 and was on the board of Penn Central Railroad.
Annenberg covered the cost of moving the eagle from New York City to his estate, known as Inwood, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. It stood on his estate for several years before he donated the Penn Station eagle to the Valley Forge Military Academy to commemorate the students and alumni who lost their lives in service of the nation in the Vietnam War.
