The Story Behind This Year's Pardoned Turkey

November 25th, 2009 | 04:00 pm
The Story Behind This Year's Pardoned Turkey

 Every year, the president officially pardons a turkey for Thanksgiving, to save the animal from being butchered and served to a starving homeless family on America's favorite food-oriented holiday.  We decided to do a little digging this year and look...

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The Story Behind This Year's Presidential Turkey Pardon

November 26th, 2008 | 10:49 am
The Story Behind This Year's Presidential Turkey Pardon

 It's a tradition that every year at Thanksgiving, the president "pardons" one turkey, saving him from being eaten that year.  Most people see this gesture as a sort of whimsical thing with no meaning.  But what you don't know, is that these turkeys were actually wrongly accused and because turkey...

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