U.S. presidents have for decades dutifully trotted out before Thanksgiving to hold an obligatory turkey pardoning ceremony on the White House grounds. The presidential practice of granting ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday.

Minnesota farmer John Zimmerman brought in about 44 day-old poults in July to become the “presidential flock” for the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation at the White House.

President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys named Peach and Blossom from Thanksgiving dinners.

Biden pardons 'Peach' and 'Blossom' in White House Thanksgiving turkey tradition The pair of Minnesota birds are Biden's last Thanksgiving pardons.

This year's turkeys are expected to retreat at Farmamerica, an agricultural interactive center in Minnesota, the National Turkey Federation said. Who were the pardoned turkeys in 2023?

Each year, the president pardons one or two turkeys. But how did the tradition start? Here's a lesson on the presidential pardoning.

The White House turkey pardoning ceremony, a long-held Thanksgiving tradition formalized 77 years ago, traces its origins back decades further. Since the 1800s, it has been customary for the ...