Accessibility links

Breaking News
USA

Presidential Pardon for Thanksgiving Turkey Has Long Tradition


Presidential Pardon for Thanksgiving Turkey Has Long Tradition
please wait

No media source currently available

0:00 0:02:07 0:00

The annual “pardoning” of White House turkeys each year by American presidents is an interesting tradition leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday. It is said that President Abraham Lincoln’s clemency for a turkey was the origin for the pardoning ceremony that is now so well publicized. VOA’s Nikoleta Ilic has this report about the turkeys that are given to American Presidents.

XS
SM
MD
LG