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The odd tradition of the presidential turkey pardoning – watch live – BBC News
Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs/John F. Kennedy Presidential LibraryCopyright: Abbie Rowe, White House Photographs/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library President John F Kennedy gave an unofficial pardoning days before his assassination in 1963Image caption: President John F Kennedy gave an unofficial pardoning days before his assassination in 1963 The tradition can be traced back to President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Historians claim he spared a turkey’s life after his son, Tad, befriended it. But yearly pardoning became an “official” tradition only under George H W Bush, when the former president spared a turkey’s life in 1989 as animal-rights activists protested nearby. Many peop

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