The history of the Atlanta Falcons dates back when the Falcons joined the National Football League (NFL) as a 1966 expansion team.
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“The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
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The union of this ever-diverse pair!
These two were rapid falcons in a snare,
Condemned to do the flitting of the bat.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)