President Barack Obama pets the turkey named “Tot” before ... Barack Obama joked around at the annual pardon ritual, asking daughters Sasha and Malia if they wanted to pet the 50-pound pet ...

(Photo: Chuck Kennedy/MCT via Getty Images) President Barack Obama, with daughters Malia, far right, and Sasha, pardons a turkey on Nov. 25, 2009. (Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Obama ...

The presidential practice of granting clemency to lucky turkeys is now an established American tradition. Here's a look into ...

On Nov. 26, 2014, President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys, Virgil and Homer, from Cooper Farms in Fort Recovery, Ohio. The near-50-pound turkeys were spared from a Thanksgiving Day feast and sent ...

Turkey Day is right around the corner ... On Nov. 26, 2014, President Barack Obama pardoned two turkeys, Virgil and Homer, from Cooper Farms in Fort Recovery, Ohio. The near-50-pound turkeys ...

🕐 According to personal biographies provided for the birds by the National Turkey Federation ... two turkeys former President Barack Obama pardoned in 2012 — Cobbler and Gobbler — died ...

Zimmerman is president of the National Turkey Federation ... pardon nine times now. He’s delivered the chosen birds to Presidents George Bush, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Biden.

The annual turkey pardoning is a long-held Thanksgiving tradition for the White House. But the history of exactly when the ...

The national Thanksgiving turkey presentation has been observed since 1947, according to the National Turkey Federation.

The presidential pardon of the Thanksgiving turkey has become an annual event. Here’s a look back from Truman to Biden.

More than 65 members of Congress have asked Biden to use his clemency power to “address long-standing injustices in our legal ...