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who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday

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The President of the United States pardons a turkey every year since 1989. They are sent back to the farm, but usually die within a year because being bred for eating they are obese and have health problems.

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It has become customary for the President to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving and send it to a farm or zoo to live out its years.

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What do the president do to a turkey at thanksgiving?

who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday


What does the president do a turkey at thanksgiving?

who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday


Who was to pardon a turkey from Thanksgiving?

The President


Which president had a Thanksgiving turkey as a pet?

Abraham Lincoln


What animal does the US president pardon each Thanksgiving?

One turkey .


Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?

President Harry Truman in 1947


What is customary for the president of the US to do on the eve of Thanksgiving at a white house ceremony?

They give a pardon to a turkey.


What does the President do with the turkey?

Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board have given a turkey to the US president at a White House ceremony. Until 1989 when President George H. W. Bush officially pardoned a turkey was for the first time, the turkeys were usually treated like any other Thanksgiving turkeys. Since then, these White House celebrities have been given presidential reprieves from their death sentences. Some have been flown to California to act as honorary grand marshals for Disneyland's Thanksgiving Day parade.


Did turkey the country create Thanksgiving?

no thanksgiving didnt come from turkey because thanksgiving is a holiday in USA


Why do you celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey?

You do so because they ate turkey at the 1st Thanksgiving.


Do people in turkey celebrate Thanksgiving?

They DO celebrate Thanksgiving in Turkey. They celebrate the same way we do.


What should be capitalized in do you plan to serve turkey for thanksgiving?

Do you plan to serve turkey at Thanksgiving.