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Turkey Run: 1929
Submitted by Ken on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 12:52pm.
A thanksgiving turkey is delivered to Washington, D.C., for President Herbert Hoover on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1929. From the National Photo Company collection. View full size.
Out of the way
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 9:18am.
Those Minnesota turkeys sure had to go far out of their way get to an Iowan!
Turkey Pardoning Folklore and History
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 11/21/2007 - 6:39am.
According to Snopes, the first turkey to actually receive a Presidential pardon was in 1989, by George H. W. Bush:
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