The National Thanksgiving turkeys, Blossom and Peach, wait before being pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 25, 2024 in ...

The custom of sending turkeys to the White House is an old one – dating back to the 1870s when “poultry king” Horace Vose would send his birds – but many former leaders of the free world ...

With Thanksgiving just a few days away, the White House is marking one of its quirkiest holiday traditions: the presidential turkey pardon. Each year, the president pardons one or two lucky ...

The official White House Christmas Tree and this year’s presidential turkeys were being presented in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

The White House pardons white turkeys because that's what the National Turkey Federation sends over. A nonprofit, NTF is "the national advocate for all segments of the turkey industry"; its ...

— -- Two very lucky turkeys got to avoid the dinner table for a podium at the White House today, thanks to the annual presidential turkey pardon. Today was President Obama's eighth and last ...

Not much is documented before the year 1920, which was Woodrow Wilson’s second to last year in office. Here, a turkey gifted to the White House to serve as the president’s Thanksgiving dinner ...

Since 1959, one farm has sent the White House dressed turkeys for Thanksgiving. ... President Trump saved two turkeys, Peas and Carrots, on Nov. 20 from becoming Thanksgiving meals.

Feast your eyes on these two turkeys, the lucky animals who will be pardoned at the White House by President Joe Biden this Friday, Nov. 19, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

The turkeys, named Peanut Butter and Jelly, will be welcomed back to West Lafayette at 1 p.m. Nov. 29 on the Memorial Mall. Their trip to and from the White House will be showcased on Facebook ...

The National Thanksgiving turkeys, Blossom and Peach, wait before being pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 25, 2024, in ...