Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label turkeys. Show all posts

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Presidential turkey pardons

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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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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Thursday, November 24, 2011

A pictorial history of Presidential turkey pardons from Harry Truman through Barack Obama

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.



Oddly, I can't find an image of any of Jimmy Carter's pardons, only this shot:













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