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Summarize the earliest story of a potential White House turkey pardon from 1863, as shared in the clip. What was sent "annually" to the White House from the 1870s through the 1920s?

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

Some Thanksgiving foods have a more recent history than turkey. Cranberry sauce, for example, is a relatively recent addition to the menu.

When the Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving in 1621, their feast did not have turkey. Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow recorded that they ate some type of wild foul and deer brought by the ...

The Lions have not won a game on Thanksgiving Day since 2016, losing the last seven Turkey Day games, including a close 29-22 loss to the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers last season.

Some people credit Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843) with creating the "turkey on Thanksgiving" sentiment, because that's what the characters in this story ate.

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.

The history of Thanksgiving traces back to 1621 when the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people shared a three-day feast to celebrate their first autumn harvest. However ...

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Turkey was not on the menu during the Pilgrim's autumn feast, according to History.com. Instead, they would've likely eaten local seafood such as mussels, lobster and bass.

Then-President George W. Bush pets "May" the turkey during the pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey on Nov. 20, 2007, in the Rose Garden of the White House.