Thanksgiving at the White House is usually relatively quiet and includes the tradition of pardoning lucky turkeys from their doomed fate of the dinner table. The first turkey pardon ever issued is ...

Thanksgiving dinner can spark a lot of debates, whether they’re about politics, family drama or food preferences. But maybe the biggest debate about taste and nutrition preferences is this ...

Turkeys Peach and Blossom are pictured before a ceremony in which President Joe Biden will pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Nov. 25 ...

The first president to pardon a turkey was John F. Kennedy, the White House Historical ... about ending up on the Thanksgiving dinner table. Why is it called Black Friday? It wasn't always ...

U.S. presidents have for decades dutifully trotted out before Thanksgiving to hold an obligatory turkey pardoning ceremony on the White House grounds. The presidential practice of granting ...