Biden is set to again pardon a pair of turkeys, hailing this year from Minnesota, which is apparently the top turkey producer in the country – though someone better keep Biden's German Shepherds ...

The first Thanksgiving turkey on record to receive a reprieve was in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy received a 40-pound turkey with a sign around its neck that read, "GOOD EATING, MR. PRESIDENT!" ...

President Biden pardons a turkey, ... And despite the irony, pointed out by your author year after year, this event shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it only seems to be expanding.

Joe Biden is one year older Monday. At 81, he's the oldest president in U.S. history. But some things apparently never get old, notably the strange tradition of presidential turkey pardons, which ...

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. After one ...

Stephanie Sy has a look at the history behind the turkey pardon. Americans are expected to gobble up more than 40 million turkeys between now and the end of the year.

The first documented reprieve of a turkey during a turkey presentation from the Turkey Federation was in 1963. A sign hung around a turkey’s neck that read, “Good eating, Mr. President.” So, clearly ...

The first president to spare the tradition of Thanksgiving turkey was John F. Kennedy, at the 1963 presentation of the bird. Despite the fowl having a sign around its next that read "Good eating ...

A turkey named Pumpkin stands in the Rose Garden before U.S. President George W. Bush granted the bird a pardon at the White House on Nov. 26, 2008, in Washington.

But in 1963, in one of his last official acts before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy, when face to face with his live turkey, disregarded the sign hung around the bird’s neck that ...

Joe Biden is one year older Monday. At 81, he's the oldest president in U.S. history. But some things apparently never get old, notably the strange tradition of presidential turkey pardons, which ...

Joe Biden is one year older Monday. At 81, he's the oldest president in U.S. history. But some things apparently never get old, notably the strange tradition of presidential turkey pardons, which ...