President John F. Kennedy, left, reaches out to touch a big, 40-pound turkey, presented to him Nov. 19, 1963, at the White House. the presentation was made on behalf of the nation’s turkey industry.

Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeys, says WH speech 'last time to speak here as your president during the season' President Biden pardoned Thanksgiving turkeys Peach and Blossom at the White House ...

The White House turkey pardoning ceremony, a long-held Thanksgiving tradition formalized 77 years ago, traces its origins back decades further. Since the 1800s, it has been customary for the ...

The back-to-back Presidential turkey saving/turkey eating has been going on since at least 1947, when then-president Harry Truman held the first modern-day White House turkey pardoning.

Charlie, Caroline Kennedy's pet Welsh terrier, inspects a turkey presented to President Kennedy after a traditional Thanksgiving week ceremony at the White House in Washington, Nov. 19, 1963.

Since then, the turkey pardon became a regular White House tradition. The WHHA also notes that while a tale has circulated about President Lincoln sparing the first Thanksgiving turkey back in ...

According to the White House Historical Association, John F. Kennedy was the first president to pardon a turkey. In a Washington Post article in 1963, Kennedy had said, "Let's keep him going ...

Summarize the earliest story of a potential White House turkey pardon from 1863, as shared in the clip. What was sent "annually" to the White House from the 1870s through the 1920s?

Despite the pandemic and President Trump largely disappearing from public events in the wake of this month’s election, the turkey pardon will go on. The annual Thanksgiving event at the White ...

The White House turkey pardon is a decades-old ritual that is scheduled to continue Monday, when Biden will use his pardon power to grant a presidential reprieve to two lucky birds that will keep ...

The White House Historical Association recorded the first "official turkey presentation" took place under President Harry Truman in 1947, but the word "pardon" was first used in a Washington Post ...

Minnesota farmer John Zimmerman brought in about 44 day-old poults in July to become the “presidential flock” for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation at the White House. NORTHFIELD ...