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October 28, 2021

Presidential Pardons

White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump and her children Arabella, Joseph, and Theodore attend a turkey pardoning event as they watch Peas, one of the two turkeys, at the Rose Garden of the White House on November 20th, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The two pardoned turkeys, Peas and Carrots, will spend the rest of their lives at a farm after the annual Thanksgiving presidential tradition.
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Viewfinder: Pardoned Turkeys Strut on the White House Lawn

The two pardoned turkeys, Peas and Carrots, will spend the rest of their lives at a farm after the annual Thanksgiving presidential tradition.

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Drumstick and Wishbone, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate "wingman," meet the press ahead of their presidential pardon at an event in Washington, D.C. Both of the 20-week-old birds will then retire to their new home, Gobbler's Rest, at Virginia Tech.
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Drumstick and Wishbone, the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate "wingman," meet the press ahead of their presidential pardon at an event in Washington, D.C.

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