Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving is the most authentic and quintessentially American of all federal holidays, and it is most closely linked to early American history. On this day, even those far from home rush back to reunite with their families to celebrate the festival. How do Americans spend such an important holiday? Besides eating turkey, what other interesting facts about Thanksgiving do you not know? In this issue of "U.S. Immigration Life," Worldway Immigration takes a look at the curious and awkward moments of U.S. Presidents celebrating Thanksgiving.
According to U.S. media reports, during the annual "Thanksgiving" holiday, the U.S. President and other officials "pardon" a turkey, allowing it to live out the rest of its life in peace. In the process of the U.S. President "pardoning" the turkey, many interesting stories have been left behind between the President and the birds.
Obama dubbed the "Jinx"
Every year before Thanksgiving, the U.S. President symbolically "pardons" two turkeys, sparing them from being slaughtered by humans. The pardoned turkeys are sent to places like zoos to "live out their natural lives" until they die of natural causes. The average lifespan of a turkey is about 3 to 4 years. However, among the turkeys pardoned by President Obama since he took office, seven died shortly after receiving their pardon, leading the U.S. media to label Obama as a "jinx."
George W. Bush teased for being "sexually harassed" by a turkey
At the 2001 Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony, a turkey named "Liberty" suddenly attacked George W. Bush's waist. This classic scene was captured by photographers, and the media joked that he had been sexually harassed, claiming that "this was the pardoned turkey expressing its gratitude to him." After Bush left office in 2008, the media ranked this as the number one "most awkward moment" of his presidency.
Clinton encounters "Jerry" and the unruly turkey steals the spotlight
In 1998, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton pardoned a turkey named "Jerry" in the White House Rose Garden. However, that year, Clinton encountered a disobedient turkey. The turkey named "Jerry" broke free from its handler, Walter Gislason, and ran around the White House lawn, seemingly unimpressed by the President's pardon. Watching the unruly "Jerry," Clinton could only offer an awkward smile.
Legend has it Kennedy initiated the turkey pardon
Although previous presidential turkeys were eaten by the First Family, the 1963 Thanksgiving was a turning point. Then-U.S. President John F. Kennedy publicly suggested, "Let's keep him," making the pardoning of the turkey a White House Thanksgiving tradition from then on. Of course, some historians believe that President Kennedy, who was in office in the 1960s, never officially issued a turkey pardon statement, but only asked his staff not to slaughter a turkey that had been gifted to him on November 19, 1963 (three days before his assassination). He said at the time, "Keep it." Most historians believe that the official U.S. presidential turkey pardon began 20 years ago during the era of George H.W. Bush.
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