Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon, How did this tradition begin?

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Come celebrate Thanksgiving with us by checking out the surprisingly long history of the presidential turkey pardon! Happy Thanksgiving!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-real-story-behind-the-presidential-turkey-pardon
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112002331.html?sub=AR&sid=ST2007112002354
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/the-origin-of-presidential-turkey-pardoning-574548547710
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey
https://web.archive.org/web/20190507123241/https://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/the-way-we-ate-the-year-harry-truman-passed-on-pumpkin-pie/
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782716688/i-beg-your-pardon-the-strange-history-presidents-sparing-turkeys
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/why-do-we-eat-turkey-on-thanksgiving-the-news-with-shepard-smith.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-pardoning-turkeys-began-with-tad-lincoln-141137570/
https://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln65.html
whitehousehistory.org/photos/thanksgiving-president-kennedy-pardons-a-turkey
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/pardoning-the-thanksgiving-turkey
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782716688/i-beg-your-pardon-the-strange-history-presidents-sparing-turkeys
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/why-do-we-eat-turkey-on-thanksgiving-the-news-with-shepard-smith.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Turkey_Federation

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