President George H. W. Bush pardons a turkey presented by the National Turkey Federation on Nov. 25, 1992. Ronald Reagan pardons a very excited turkey on Nov. 16, 1984.

It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. One story goes that Lincoln's son Tad became attached to the turkey that was fated to be the family's Christmas ...

The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, ... It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. ... - President George H.W. Bush.

It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. One story goes that Lincoln's son Tad became attached to the turkey that was fated to be the family's Christmas ...

(KRON) — Since 1989 when President George H.W. Bush pardoned an “understandably nervous” 50-pound turkey from being served as ...

The turkey pardon became an officially sanctioned White House event by George H.W. Bush The elder former President Bush, Reagan's vice president, formalized the event in 1989.

The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, ... It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey ... It wasn't until the George H.W. Bush ...

George H.W. Bush, Former President of the United States: Let me assure you and this fine tom turkey that he will not end up on anyone's dinner table, not this guy. Laura Barron-Lopez: The event is ...

Reagan deflected, saying, “If they’d given me a different answer on Charlie and his future, I would have pardoned him.” The turkey pardon became an officially sanctioned White House event by George ...

However, it wasn’t until 1989, under President George H. W. Bush, that the turkey pardon became an annual tradition. ... Since then, the turkey pardon became a regular White House tradition.