Here are a few notable presidential Thanksgiving turkey pardons over the years ... Since then, every pair of birds has waited out the ceremony in the upscale digs at the Willard.

LANSING, Mich. – Governor Gretchen Whitmer participated in the annual turkey pardoning ceremony on Thursday. Governor Whitmer pardoned turkey “Aiden Cluckinson” named after Lions Defensive ...

Glinda and Elphaba didn’t seem too interested in the ceremony or the crowd ... the presidential Thanksgiving pardon, “because we really don’t eat turkey here in Miami. We eat pork.” ...