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Joe Biden pardons two turkeys for Thanksgiving: Learn all about this tradition | N18G

In a continuation of Thanksgiving tradition, President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys named Peach and Flower during his final holiday season in office. Named after the peach blossom, Delaware’s state flower, turkeys symbolize endurance. The roots of this practice, which has become a symbolic gesture, dates back to the 1870s, when Rhode Island poultry merchant Horace Vose began sending turkeys to the White House. Over time, turkey presentations evolved into a festive tradition with public displays and decorations, such as the turkey gifted by the Vermont Girl Scouts in 1925. Although President Truman was the first to receive a turkey from the National Poultry and Egg Board in 1947, he did not establish the tradition of pardoning. Official amnesty began in 1989 under President George H.W. Bush, marking a transition to the humorous and symbolic ceremony we see today, in which turkeys are sent to nurseries rather than eaten.