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All the Presidential Turkeys
Meet the real stars of Thanksgiving.
Covid-19 isn’t cancelled, even if it does take a lunch break. Masks are still mandated- in most places, anyway. Large Thanksgiving gatherings are being discouraged by public health authorities this year. But there is one compassionate Thanksgiving tradition not even coronavirus could dampen.
To the usual amount of fanfare, the much-anticipated Presidential Turkeys arrived in Washington, D.C. on Sunday in advance of the annual turkey pardoning ceremony.
After arriving in Washington, the lucky birds were greeted by a throng of well-wishers before being whisked into the ultra-luxurious Willard Intercontinental Hotel near Capitol Hill.
The turkeys, “Corn” and “Cob”, were welcomed in grand, red-carpet style. The National Turkey Federation, a turkey lobby, sponsors and produces the yearly event, which has grown more popular over the years.
President Abraham Lincoln may have started the turkey pardoning tradition, though…