But how did the tradition start and who was the first president to pardon a turkey? The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey ...

Who was the first president to pardon a turkey? President Abraham Lincoln may have spared the first turkey from becoming a Christmas dinner in 1863, according to a dispatch in 1865 by White House ...

A lame-duck president "pardoned" a turkey Monday. "They tell me there's 2,500 people here today looking for a pardon," President Biden joked at a White House ceremony on the South Lawn.

We keep going, we keep the faith." President Joe Biden (R) pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey Peach alongside Chair of the national turkey federation John Zimmerman and his son Grant during ...

Continuing a tradition that goes back years, President Joe Biden will partake in his last turkey pardon during his administration. Every year, the president "pardons" one or two turkeys before the ...

Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as Abraham Lincoln’s administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln’s young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was ...

Turkey Day is right around the corner. The holiday, which falls on Thursday, Nov. 28, this year, is filled with traditions, including when the president of the United States "pardons" one or two ...

The turkey is brought to Washington, D.C., during the week of Thanksgiving, gets a room at the five-star Willard Hotel and is eventually "pardoned" by the president. However, the history of ...

Actual presidential pardons were not mentioned, but in 1963 the Washington Post reported that President Kennedy said “Let’s keep him going” of the gifted turkey and used both the words ...

save for being a turkey during the holiday season. Trump has been convicted of 34 crimes. The turkeys were pardoned by Biden; the former and soon-to-be president was essentially pardoned by some ...

President Joe Biden speaks and pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peach, during a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, as John ...