The first official presidential pardon for a Thanksgiving turkey. Still, it wasn't until George H.W. Bush's administration that pardoning turkeys became a formal 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 that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas ...

Stephanie Sy: Actually, that's as false as Tofurky. Truman was the first president to receive a turkey from The National Turkey Federation 75 years ago, but there's no record of a pardon.

President Joe Biden talks with Ronald Parker, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, with Chocolate, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in foreground, at last November's pardoning. Andrew ...

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

Behind the yuk-yuk dad jokes of the now-annual presidential turkey pardon is a very strange, sometimes dark and often misunderstood history, even by presidents. On Monday, President Biden will ...

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

As a result, he is often credited as the first to pardon a turkey. But the 33rd president does not hold that title. The turkeys Truman received actually met the fate of becoming a holiday feast.

The presidential turkey pardon is a wacky American tradition that some historians date back to President Harry Truman. The chairman of the National Turkey Federation, ...

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.

Following the presidential pardon, the 47-pound turkey, which was raised by farmer Wellie Jackson of Clinton, North Carolina, will reside at his new home, “Gobbler’s Rest,” at Virginia Tech.