WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House announced President Donald Trump will employ his pardoning powers next week -- on two turkeys, as is the tradition around this time of year. Tuesday afternoon in the ...
President Donald Trump took part in a time-honored tradition on Tuesday afternoon as he issued a pardon to the White House turkey in a ceremony in the Rose Garden. As they have throughout the last ...
There are plenty of quirky traditions in America that leave the rest of the world scratching their heads - and the Thanksgiving turkey pardon is arguably the most peculiar. Every year on the fourth ...
The story of the White House turkey pardon dates back to the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad allegedly asked his father to spare a turkey from the holiday meal. President Lincoln obliged, ...