President Biden pardons the turkey Peach, alongside chair of the National Turkey Federation John Zimmerman and his son Grant, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Nov. 25 ...

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?

For several decades at the White House a corny ceremony has taken place where the president pardons a turkey or two but subjects the public to bad puns.

The turkey pardon at the White House is an annual tradition that is usually "cranned" full of a cornucopia of corny jokes. This year's pardon will be the last of Biden's presidency.

The first turkey pardon ever issued is believed to have been by Lincoln as recorded by White House reporter Noah Brooks in an 1865 dispatch, according to the White House Historical Association.

President John F. Kennedy, left, reaches out to touch a big, 40-pound turkey, presented to him Nov. 19, 1963, at the White House. the presentation was made on behalf of the nation’s turkey industry.