Thanksgiving at the White House is usually relatively quiet and includes the tradition of pardoning lucky turkeys from their doomed fate of the dinner table. The first turkey pardon ever issued is ...

Gifting the White House poultry can be traced back to the 1800s, but the origins of the ceremonial presidential pardon of the National Thanksgiving Turkey might be more recent than you'd think.

People who celebrate gather for a day of feasting with their loved ones. Besides a traditional turkey dinner ... Each year at the White House Thanksgiving ceremony, the president of the United ...

I am writing this just after eating Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and I am wondering just how many people have given any thought to the turkey they just ate? What I mean is, does anyone ...