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Thanksgiving: President Kennedy Pardons a Turkey
- Date of Work
- November 19, 1963
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library/NARA
Thanksgiving: President Kennedy Pardons a Turkey
President John F. Kennedy laughs with officials at the presentation of a Thanksgiving turkey by the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 19, 1963. President Kennedy pardoned the turkey stating "Let's Keep him going."
From left to right: Vice President of the National Turkey Federation, Morris G. Smith; two unidentified persons; President Kennedy; President of the National Turkey Federation, Robert M. McPherrin; Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the National Turkey Federation, M. C. Small. Also present: President of the Poultry and Egg National Board, Chester B. Franz; Mrs. Franz; Mrs. McPherrin; Mrs. Small; Mrs. Mildred I. Smith.
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