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.

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 ...

A lame-duck president “pardoned” a turkey on 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...