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Post by pennmom on Nov 17, 2021 16:23:32 GMT
Let's see how many pardoned turkeys we can find
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Post by pennmom on Nov 17, 2021 16:24:07 GMT
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Post by kasie on Nov 20, 2021 19:54:52 GMT
 November, 2017 “I hear that beautiful turkey,” President Donald Trump mused as he entered the Rose Garden on Tuesday to kick off the annual White House Turkey pardon. That beautiful Turkey was Drumstick, a 36-pound bird spared death during this seasonal ritual. Trump only pardoned Drumstick at the ceremony, but despite the wishes of the American people, a second turkey, Wishbone, will also be allowed to live and comfortably retire to a farm in Virginia known as “Gobbler’s Rest.” |
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Post by kasie on Nov 20, 2021 20:00:18 GMT
Biden pardons 2021 National Thanksgiving Turkeys - Peanut Butter and Jelly Turkeys pardoned WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Peanut Butter and Jelly, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and alternate, are shown to members of the press during a news conference held by the National Turkey Federation November 18, 2021 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. The two turkeys from Jasper, Indiana will be pardoned during by President Joe Biden during a Friday ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 21, 2021 14:42:54 GMT
Pardoning the Thanksgiving Turkey Origins
 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
The official "pardoning" of White House turkeys is an interesting White House tradition that has captured the imagination of the public in recent years. It is often stated that to a turkey recorded in an 1865 dispatch by White House reporter Noah Brooks was the origin for the pardoning ceremony.
Reports of turkeys as gifts to American presidents can be traced to the 1870s, when began sending well fed birds to the White House. The First Families did not always feast upon Vose's turkeys, but the yearly offering gained his farm widespread publicity and became a veritable institution at the White House. At Thanksgiving 1913, a turkey-come-lately from Kentucky shared a few minutes of fame with the fine-feathered Rhode Islander. Soon after, in December, Horace Vose died, thus ending an era.
By 1914, the opportunity to give a turkey to a president was open to everyone, and poultry gifts were frequently touched with patriotism, partisanship, and glee. In 1921, an American Legion post furnished bunting for the crate of a gobbler en route from Mississippi to Washington, while a Harding Girls Club in Chicago outfitted a turkey as a flying ace, complete with goggles. First Lady Grace Coolidge accepted a turkey from a Vermont Girl Scout in 1925. The turkey gifts had become established as a national symbol of good cheer.
First Official Turkey Pardon
With animal rights activists picketing nearby, President George H.W. Bush quipped "‘Reprieve,’ ‘keep him going,’ or ‘pardon’: it's all the same for the turkey, as long as he doesn't end up on the president's holiday table.”
Recently, White House mythmakers have claimed that President Harry S. Truman began the tradition of “pardoning” a turkey. However, the Truman Library & Museum disputes the notion that he was the first to do so. The focus on Truman stems from his being the first president to receive a turkey from the Poultry and Egg National Board and the National Turkey Federation. From September to November 1947, announcements of the government encouraging "poultryless Thursdays" grabbed national headlines. Outrage from homemakers, restaurant owners, and the poultry industry was palpable in Washington. This came to a head when the poultry industry pointed out that the upcoming Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, the three big turkey holidays, happened to fall on Thursday. The effort was deflated in time for Thanksgiving, but not before poultry growers had sent crates of live chickens— "Hens for Harry"— to the White House in protest. The turkey they presented to President Truman that December promoted the poultry industry and established an annual news niche that endures today.
While 1947 was the beginning of the official turkey presentation from the poultry industry, the turkey pardon remained a sporadic tradition. In December 1948, Truman accepted two turkeys and remarked that they would "come in handy" for Christmas dinner. There was clearly no plan for these birds to receive a presidential pardon. The Washington Post used both "pardon" and "reprieve" in a 1963 article in which President Kennedy said of the turkey, "Let's keep him going." During the latter years of the Nixon presidency, Patricia Nixon accepted the turkeys on behalf of the President and in 1973 sent the bird to the Oxon Hill Children’s Farm. The 1978 turkey, presented to First Lady Rosalynn Carter, met a similar fate when it was sent to Evans Farm Inn to live in a mini zoo.
After 1981, the practice of sending the presentation turkey to a farm became the norm under President Ronald Reagan. The turkey ceremony also became a source of satire and humor for reporters. The formalities of pardoning a turkey gelled by 1989, when President George H. W. Bush, with animal rights activists picketing nearby, quipped, "But let me assure you, and this fine tom turkey, that he will not end up on anyone's dinner table, not this guy -- he's granted a Presidential pardon as of right now -- and allow him to live out his days on a children's farm not far from here.”
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Post by pennmom on Nov 8, 2022 20:36:34 GMT
President Bush  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 8, 2022 20:37:34 GMT
President Obama (looks more like he's blessing the turkey)  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 8, 2022 20:38:49 GMT
President Trumps Turkey Pardon  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 8, 2022 20:39:43 GMT
President Biden's Turkey  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 8, 2022 20:46:09 GMT
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Post by pennmom on Nov 21, 2023 14:10:52 GMT
2023 Pardon's Liberty & Bell  |
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Post by pennmom on Nov 21, 2023 14:15:31 GMT
How it all began
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Post by lisabella on Nov 21, 2023 18:42:08 GMT
Am I the only one wondering why the turkeys are white? Are turkeys white? I thought they were colorful?
Anyway, the best turkey pardon was on The West Wing. The whole episode is fantastic but here's a clip. It's fuzzy, but worth it!
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Post by pennmom on Nov 21, 2023 20:56:42 GMT
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