Collection Weddings and the White House
From First Lady Dolley Madison's sister Lucy Payne Washington's wedding in 1812 to the nuptials of President Joseph Biden and First...
Thanksgiving: President Eisenhower Feeds a Turkey
- Date of Work
- November 4, 1954
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library/NARA
Thanksgiving: President Eisenhower Feeds a Turkey
President Dwight D. Eisenhower feeds a cranberry to a turkey he received from the Turkey Foundation on November 4, 1954, at the White House.
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