It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas ...

The pardoning of the Thanksgiving turkey is a White House tradition dating back to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. (Mandel Ngan/AFP) “So continuing a tradition begun 50 years ago by President ...

It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas ...

Abraham Lincoln. Tradition has it ... But there is no known record of a president pardoning a turkey from the group until John F. Kennedy’s presidency in the 1960s.

Some credit Abraham Lincoln for the first turkey pardon, who, at the urging of his son Tad, spared the life of a turkey that had been delivered to the White House for Christmas dinner, ...

The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey Federation. It's turkey pardoning season. Here's what to know about the annual tradition ...

It has long been theorized that President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin of the pardoning ceremony.

Following their pardons, ... (KRON) — Since 1989 when President George H.W. Bush pardoned an “understandably nervous” 50-pound turkey from being served as Thanksgiving dinner, ...

Turkey pardoning by the president has roots as far back as President Abraham Lincoln, according to White House historians. Last year, President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys: “Liberty” and ...

It has long been theorized that President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 clemency to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin of the pardoning ceremony.

Harry Truman often gets credit for being the first U.S. president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey. While Truman was the first to receive a ceremonial turkey from the chairman of the National ...