President Donald Trump pardons Corn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Washington, as first lady Melania Trump and National ...

The turkey pardon didn’t become an official White House event until well over 100 years later, when President George H.W. Bush formally “reprieved” one of his birds in 1989.

First lady Melania Trump looks on as President Trump gives the National Thanksgiving Turkey "Corn" a presidential pardon during the traditional event in the Rose Garden of the White House in ...

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.

Trump then appeared alongside the first lady to issue an all-important turkey pardon. It’s a presidential tradition full of showmanship, largely devoid of substance, with Trump center stage.

In a 2020 riddled with disappointments and disaster, the news Wednesday that the annual pardon will go on, is somehow both comforting and unsettling, and sure to ruffle some feathers.

Nostalgia was in and jokes were out as President Donald Trump offered a reprieve to a pair of meaty turkeys as part of the traditional turkey pardon ceremony at the White House.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon at the White House.

On Nov. 14, 1989, Bush became the first president to "pardon" a bird, declaring that year's turkey had been "granted a Presidential pardon as of right now − and allow him to live out his days on ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump participated in the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon at the White House.