The tradition of 'pardoning' a turkey dates back to Abraham Lincoln. Here, pics of presidents with their grateful birds Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. 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 ...

continuing a tradition that may trace its roots to Abraham Lincoln, who was talked into pardoning a holiday turkey named Jack by his youngest son, Tad. President Harry Truman was the first ...

Today, President Biden will preside over this nation’s annual Thanksgiving tradition and pardon two turkeys ... this ritual act of mercy. Abraham Lincoln was the first to do so.

Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as Abraham Lincoln’s administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln’s young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was ...

25 (UPI) --President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned ... the National Turkey Federation, but the tradition's still fuzzy history could possibly go as far back as the presidency of Abraham Lincoln ...

They believe it's "a nod to industrial turkey farmers." The tradition of issuing a "pardon" for two turkeys ... with Thanksgiving celebrations and Abraham Lincoln's decision.

President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving ... Gretchen Whitmer will continue her tradition of pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving this November. The state is conducting a ...

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863, reportedly because his son Tad became attached to the bird. Harry Truman was the first president to receive a live turkey from ...