All This Is That: Modern Presidents pardon the Thanksgiving turkey

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Modern Presidents pardon the Thanksgiving turkey

By Jack Brummet, Holidays and Holy Days Editor

President Harry S. Truman seems to have been the first President to issue a pardon to a Thanksgiving turkey, in 1947. All subsequent Presidents have carried on the tradition.

I could not find an image of Jimmy Carter pardoning a turkey, but I did find this:

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