Turkeys Peach and Blossom are pictured before a ceremony in which President Joe Biden will pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Nov. 25 ...

In more recent years, the White House Presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey has included the "pardoning" of a turkey ... as well as Liberty and Bell (2023).

U.S. presidents have for decades dutifully trotted out before Thanksgiving to hold an obligatory turkey pardoning ceremony on the White House grounds. The presidential practice of granting ...

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, the White House will mark yet ... the National Turkey Federation said. Who were the pardoned turkeys in 2023? Last year, Biden pardoned turkeys Liberty ...

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 ...

They’re helping prepare turkeys for their moment in the spotlight during the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation and “turkey pardoning” at the White House. “We want them to be ...

The first president to pardon a turkey was John F. Kennedy, the White House Historical Association reports. The words "pardon" and "reprieve" were used by the Washington Post in a 1963 article ...

“Let’s keep him going,” Kennedy said of the turkey in a 1963 Washington Post article, according to the White House Historical Association. VOTERS SEND HISTORY-MAKING CANDIDATES TO CONGRESS ...

Thanksgiving at the White House is usually relatively quiet and includes the tradition of pardoning lucky turkeys from their doomed fate of the dinner table. The first turkey pardon ever issued is ...