The annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a White House event the National Turkey Federation is honored to participate in. The President, NTF and its members and many others across the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As feathers flew, Tim Walz accepted the symbolic presentation of a turkey Tuesday as he eases back into his duties as Minnesota's governor following the Harris-Walz ticket's ...

The annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a White House event the National Turkey Federation is honored to participate in. The president, NTF and its members and many others across the ...

Each year, the president "pardons" one or two turkeys before the Thanksgiving festivities. While it may be one of the more eccentric jobs the president takes on during their tenure, the yearly ...

The story of the White House turkey pardon dates back to the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln’s son Tad allegedly asked his father to spare a turkey from the holiday meal. President Lincoln obliged, ...

U.S. President Joe Biden greets the audience after he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkeys during the annual ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2023.