US President Donald Trump in annual ceremonial pardoning of Turkey

 


U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday made an appearance at the White House for the annual ceremonial pardoning of a turkey named Corn ahead of Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday. 


📷 Here are some snaps of U.S. presidents pardoning turkeys at the White House over the years.



In one of the more unusual American traditions, a Thanksgiving turkey is spared from becoming a family dinner by being pardoned by the U.S. president. This annual presidential tradition has a long history. 

The American Thanksgiving dinner revolves around turkey, a bird indigenous to North America that was eaten by the first colonists. 

The tradition of a presidential pardon of a turkey dates back decades. The first ever recorded turkey pardoning was by President Abraham Lincoln, whose son Tad asked him not to eat the turkey that was given to the president. 

But it didn’t become a tradition until more modern times. Presidents John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon only extended pardons to turkeys from time to time. It was only during the administration of President George H.W. Bush, in 1989, that the ceremony become an annual event. 

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