0
What is customary for the president of the US to do on the eve of Thanksgiving at a white house ceremony?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
They give a pardon to a turkey.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
First president to observe Thanksgiving dinner in white house?
The first president to observe a formal Thanksgiving dinner in the White House was Rutherford Hayes. Abraham Lincoln actually celebrated Thanksgiving, but the event was much smaller.
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.
What President served the first thanksgiving in the White House?
James K. Polk
Who was the first president to host thanksgiving at the white house?
y do u care
What will be a rare occurrence for president Obama's second inauguration 2013?
The president will be sworn in twice, once in a private ceremony at the White House on January 20th, 2013, and then a second time, in a public ceremony on the steps of the Capitol on January 21st, 2013. The reason is that January 20th falls on a Sunday, and it is customary to not have such ceremonies on that day, so it was moved to the following day, which is also Martin Luther King Day.
What room in the White house was President Grover Cleveland's wedding ceremony?
The Blue Room
Who was the bachelor president who married a woman half his age in a White House ceremony?
Grover Cleveland has this distinction.
Where was President Obama's inaugural ceremony held?
The public ceremony was held in Washington DC, on January 21, 2013, on the steps of the Capitol building. There was a private swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2013 in the White House.
What point in time did President Bush transfer the nuclear football and its launch codes to President Obama?
President Bush transferred the nuclear football and its launch codes to President Obama during the inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2009. This transfer of authority happens as a customary practice during the peaceful transition of power between presidents.
Which US president's wife organized a Thanksgiving dinner?
Sarah Polk is credited with having the first one at the White house.
What man was married in the White House while serving as president?
Grover Cleveland's marriage ceremony was held in the white house.
In the White House what room did George Washington's ceremony take place in after the wedding?
The White House did not exist during Washington's Presidency
