11/26/02 - George W. Bush issued a humorous but sincere presidential pardon to a lucky turkey that otherwise might have ended up on someone's Thanksgiving Day dinner table. In doing so, he continued a tradition begun in 1947 when the National Turkey Foundation first presented Thanksgiving turkeys to Harry S. Truman. Truman donated a live bird to a local farm, where the turkey was guaranteed a long life.11/26/02 - George W. Bush issued a humorous but sincere presidential pardon to a lucky turkey that otherwise might have ended up on someone's Thanksgiving Day dinner table. In doing so, he continued a tradition begun in 1947 when the National Turkey Foundation first presented Thanksgiving turkeys to Harry S. Truman. Truman donated a live bird to a local farm, where the turkey was guaranteed a long life.
11/26/02 - George W. Bush issued a humorous but sincere presidential pardon to a lucky turkey that otherwise might have ended up on someone's Thanksgiving Day dinner table. In doing so, he continued a tradition begun in 1947 when the National Turkey Foundation first presented Thanksgiving turkeys to Harry S. Truman. Truman donated a live bird to a local farm, where the turkey was guaranteed a long life.