Collection Giving Thanks at the White House
Thanksgiving is a relatively quiet and personal holiday at the White House, as it precedes a very busy season of...
"Poultry King" Horace Vose supplies the White House with Holiday Turkeys
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"Poultry King" Horace Vose supplies the White House with Holiday Turkeys
"Poultry King" Horace Vose supplied the White House with Holiday Turkeys from 1873 until his death in 1913.
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