--- description: The baby bald eagles who captured America's attention on the National Arboretum's live camera have been named "Freedom" and "Liberty" title: America's Favorite Baby Eagles Earn Patriotic Names image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta00f41c49355f49e/698890bdab6d77e8e56a96e5/freedom_liberty_bald_eagles.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # America's Favorite Baby Eagles Earn Patriotic Names  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2016 9:44 PM CUT  Baby bald eagles, Freedom and Liberty, are seen with their parents at the National Arboretum. Baby bald eagles, Freedom and Liberty, are seen with their parents at the National Arboretum.American Eagle Foundation  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 26, 2016 9:44 PM CUT The two baby bald eagles who captured America’s attention on the [U.S. National Arboretum’s live camera](http://time.com/4225917/bald-eagles-nesting-dc/ "undefined") have been patriotically named “Freedom” and “Liberty.” The names were announced on Tuesday after a “Name the Nestlings” social media campaign, in which [36,000 people voted.](https://www.facebook.com/FONArboretum/photos/a.134865506582492.25694.133093330093043/1007242299344804/?type=3&theater "undefined") The name options included Stars and Stripes, Freedom and Liberty, Anacostia and Potomac, Honor and Glory, and Cherry and Blossom, [CBS News reported](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-dc-new-baby-bald-eagles-get-patriotic-names/ "undefined"). The baby eagles’ names mirror the similarly patriotic names of their parents, dubbed “Mr. President” and “The First Lady,” the first pair of bald eagles that has nested in the National Arboretum in almost 70 years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308576/national-arboretum-eagle-cam-baby-eagles-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308576/national-arboretum-eagle-cam-baby-eagles-names/"},"headline":"America's Favorite Baby Eagles Earn Patriotic Names","datePublished":"2016-04-26T21:44:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:03:25.277Z","description":"They've been named \"Freedom\" and \"Liberty\"","url":"https://time.com/4308576/national-arboretum-eagle-cam-baby-eagles-names/","keywords":["animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta00f41c49355f49e/698890bdab6d77e8e56a96e5/freedom_liberty_bald_eagles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta00f41c49355f49e/698890bdab6d77e8e56a96e5/freedom_liberty_bald_eagles.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"freedom_liberty_bald_eagles","caption":"freedom_liberty_bald_eagles","creditText":"American Eagle Foundation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308576/national-arboretum-eagle-cam-baby-eagles-names/","name":"America's Favorite Baby Eagles Earn Patriotic Names"}}]}] ```