The fancy fowl come from southern Indiana, and will have their moment in the spotlight at the White House on Nov. 19 Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE, as well as ...

Gifting the White House poultry can be traced back to the 1800s, but the origins of the ceremonial presidential pardon of the National Thanksgiving Turkey might be more recent than you'd think.

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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - As he continues to nurse a broken leg, Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson will not be in play at Ford Field on Thanksgiving. Neither will a pardoned turkey, who ...

The tradition of pardoning turkeys at the White House shortly before Thanksgiving began with Ronald Reagan in 1987 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

The Great Turkey Pardon of 2017 is almost upon us and in preparation the internet is cooking up some exceptionally bad satire and a few of the tastiest turkey name jokes you've ever heard.

President Ronald Reagan was the first to use the word "pardon" in connection with the turkey. THe bird, named Charlie, was sent to a petting zoo instead of the dinner table. By 1989, the formality ...

Turkey and Syria struggle to respond to devastating earthquakes; Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, puts forward possible pardons for thousands of protesters; and Brazilian President ...