John Zimmerman, chair of the National Turkey Federation, inspects a turkey in contention for a presidential pardon with his son Grant at Zimmerman at the Turkey Farm in Northfield, Minn., on Thursday.
The White House turkey pardoning ceremony, a long-held Thanksgiving tradition formalized 77 years ago, traces its origins back decades further. Since the 1800s, it has been customary for the sitting ...
U.S. presidents have for decades dutifully trotted out before Thanksgiving to hold an obligatory turkey pardoning ceremony on the White House grounds. The presidential practice of granting clemency to ...
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