The tradition of 'pardoning' a turkey dates back to Abraham Lincoln ... Washington Post first used both "pardon" and "reprieve" in a 1963 article in which President Kennedy said of his turkey ...

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 ...

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 ...

President George HW Bush started the formal turkey pardon tradition in 1989. But the idea can be tracked back to Abraham Lincoln - it's believed his son Tad begged him to spare the bird destined ...

US President Donald Trump carried out the annual White House turkey pardon. This year’s lucky birds who were saved from a terrible and tasty fate were named Bread and Butter. The two birds will ...