Even as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and the Trump administration continues to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election, the White House plans to hold its annual turkey pardoning ...
WASHINGTON — The two turkeys for the White House Turkey Pardon are officially in the District and are living it up at the Willard Hotel before their media debut. The birds stayed in a suite at the ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble ...
President Trump pardoned turkeys Gobble and Waddle outside the White House on Tuesday, but not before joking that former President Biden’s turkey pardons are void because of his use of an autopen.
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The History of the White House Turkey Pardon
The story of the White House turkey pardon dates back to the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad allegedly asked his father to spare a turkey from the holiday meal. President Lincoln obliged, ...
Although the ceremony has spanned decades, starting when President Harry S. Truman was presented a turkey in 1947, John F. Kennedy was the first president to technically grant clemency to a turkey in ...
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