One turkey .
They give a pardon to a turkey.
President Harry Truman in 1947
who was the president that declared Thanksgiving a holiday
The president of the United States of America is the elected official who grants a pardon to one Thanksgiving turkey. It actually is a case of two pardoned turkeys -- an heir and a spare -- in case the first-pardoned bird does not long survive post-White House life as a tourist attraction in Morven Park, Leesburg, Virginia.
Pardoning the turkey is a phrase used when farmers are getting ready to prepare turkeys for sale for Thanksgiving. It's a sort of ritual, where a good, healthy, ready to be slaughtered for sale turkey is pardoned from being slaughtered.
no thanksgiving didnt come from turkey because thanksgiving is a holiday in USA
You do so because they ate turkey at the 1st Thanksgiving.
They DO celebrate Thanksgiving in Turkey. They celebrate the same way we do.
Do you plan to serve turkey at Thanksgiving.
No, because if they eat other turkey for Thanksgiving it would be like you eating other people.
88% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.