White House Thanksgiving Turkeys in the Roaring '20s
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Thanksgiving: President Nixon Pardons a Turkey
- Photographer
- Oliver F. Atkins
- Date of Work
- November 18, 1969
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Richard Nixon Presidential Library/NARA
Thanksgiving: President Nixon Pardons a Turkey
President Nixon accepts and "pardons" a gift Thanksgiving turkey in front of the West Wing colonnade on November 18, 1969.
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