A lame-duck president "pardoned" a turkey Monday. "They tell me there's 2,500 people here today looking for a pardon," President Biden joked at a White House ceremony on the South Lawn.

But how did the tradition start and who was the first president to pardon a turkey? The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey ...

“But let me assure you, and this fine tom turkey, that he will not end up on anyone’s dinner table, not this guy — he’s granted a Presidential pardon as of right now — and allow him to ...

Newsweek reached out to Farmamerica and the National Turkey Federation for comment. The National Thanksgiving turkeys, Blossom and Peach, wait before being pardoned by U.S. President Joe Biden ...

But where did this tradition of pardoning turkey come from? And who pardoned the first turkey? As far back as 1870s, birds have been sent to the White House as gifts near the holidays, according ...

President Joe Biden presided over the annual White House Thanksgiving tradition of the turkey pardon Monday, sparing Liberty, a 42.5-pound turkey, and Bell, 42.1 pounds, in a brief respite from ...

According to the White House, the tradition of granting clemency to a turkey dates back to 1863, when Abraham Lincoln apparently pardoned one. Poultry dealers had been sending birds to the White ...

Turkey Day is right around the corner. The holiday, which falls on Thursday, Nov. 28, this year, is filled with traditions, including when the president of the United States "pardons" one or two ...

It may sound funny but behavior will help determine which turkey will receive this year's presidential pardon because you never know how the turkey is going to respond. Turkeys are *** curious ...

The Pardoned Turkey. While the other turkey will also be spared from the death penalty, it must serve life imprisonment at a children’s farm. Many animals have been gifted to and named by American ...

Neither will a pardoned turkey, who has been named after him. On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer pardoned “Aiden Cluckinson” who will go to the Saginaw Children’s Zoo to live out the rem ...

“But let me assure you, and this fine tom turkey, that he will not end up on anyone’s dinner table, not this guy — he’s granted a Presidential pardon as of right now — and allow him to ...