The tradition of 'pardoning' a turkey dates back to Abraham Lincoln. Here, pics of presidents with their grateful birds Kate Hogan is Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey ...

continuing a tradition that may trace its roots to Abraham Lincoln, who was talked into pardoning a holiday turkey named Jack by his youngest son, Tad. President Harry Truman was the first ...

Today, President Biden will preside over this nation’s annual Thanksgiving tradition and pardon two turkeys ... this ritual act of mercy. Abraham Lincoln was the first to do so.

Rumors of turkey pardons go back in presidential history as far as Abraham Lincoln’s administration. Folklore has it that Lincoln’s young son asked his father to spare a pet turkey that was ...

Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863, reportedly because his son Tad became attached to the bird. Harry Truman was the first president to receive a live turkey from ...