President Joe Biden kicked off his final holiday season at the White House on Monday by issuing the traditional reprieve to two turkeys and attending a Friendsgiving event in New York City.
and his wife, Jill, on Monday opened their final holiday season at the White House with the annual turkey pardon s and Christmas tree arrival before they hosted “friendsgiving” in New York City for
“It’s been the honor of my life. I’m forever grateful,” Biden said of his single term as president. The reins of power will transfer on Jan. 20 to Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the man Biden defeated four years ago and was battling again until he was pressured Biden relished the brief ceremony with the pardoned turkeys named for the official flower of his home state of Delaware.
Peach and Blossom came from the farm of John Zimmerman, near the southern Minnesota city of Northfield. Zimmerman, who has raised about 4 million turkeys, is president of the National Turkey Federation, which has gifted Thanksgiving turkeys to U.S. presidents since the Truman administration after World War II. President Harry Truman, however, preferred to eat the birds.
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