2006-11-22 10:05:27 · 7 answers · asked by Patrick S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving at the White House, 2006
This year marks the 59th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. Though live Thanksgiving turkeys have been presented intermittently to presidents since the Lincoln administration, the current ceremony dates to 1947, when the first National Thanksgiving Turkey was presented to President Harry Truman.
Presidents traditionally have granted the National Thanksgiving Turkey a "pardon." After the presentation, the National Turkey and its alternate will be taken to Disneyland Resort and Theme Park in Anaheim, California to be a part of the holiday display and where they will stay the remainder of their natural lives. Both the turkeys will serve as honorary Grand Marshals for Disneyland’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade
2006-11-22 10:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by gypsygoddess76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hreard on the news that granting a turkey a presidential pardon actually started during Abraham Lincoln's presidency!!!
2006-11-22 10:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teddy Roosevelt.
2006-11-22 10:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yummy Good, she means pardon.
Not giving a turkey.
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2006-11-22 10:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by twowords 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psttssttssss tee hee. Did you mean giving a turkey???
I don't think he needed "forgiving". lol
twowords - she is a he, patrick. It's all good.
2006-11-22 10:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I could be wrong, but I think it was Harry S. Truman.
2006-11-22 10:08:03 · answer #6 · answered by pikeruss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bUSH
2015-03-13 10:56:31 · answer #7 · answered by Karen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋