There are many facts about turkeys that you never considered before, and this list covers the top 10 that you need to know.

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the history of presidential pardons Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law at New York University.

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham ... The first turkey pardon ever issued is believed to have been by Lincoln as recorded ...

A lame-duck president "pardoned" a turkey Monday ... There's a story that suggests Abraham Lincoln was the first to let a turkey go because his son took a liking to it, but the White House ...

The tradition of pardoning the turkeys reportedly began during the Civil War when president Abraham Lincoln's son, Tad, requested him to spare a turkey named "Jack". Lincoln's 1863 clemency to the ...

President Abraham Lincoln is said to have first pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey after his son grew attached and adopted it as his pet, even going as far as walking it on a leash. Decades after ...

It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas ...

Here's what you need to know about the tradition: It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey ...

The tradition of pardoning the turkeys reportedly began during the Civil War when president Abraham Lincoln's son requested him to spare a turkey. Despite the White House pardon, turkeys are ...

continuing a tradition that may trace its roots to Abraham Lincoln, who was talked into pardoning a holiday turkey named Jack by his youngest son, Tad. President Harry Truman was the first ...

Why do they pardon a turkey? It has long been theorized that President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin ...