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The National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation is a ceremony that takes place at the White House every year shortly before Thanksgiving. The president of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey by the National Turkey Federation (NTF), usually males of the Broad Breasted White variety. The early years also included a joint ...
The event marked the 75th year of the White House tradition of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation. Chocolate was officially named the National Thanksgiving Turkey, while Chip was named ...
He also noted that the presentation of a National Thanksgiving Turkey to the White House has been a tradition for more than seven decades. ... The tradition dates to 1947 when the National Turkey ...
The National Turkey Federation (NTF) is the non-profit national trade association based in Washington, D.C., United States, representing the turkey industry and its allies and affiliates. NTF advocates for all segments of the turkey industry, [1] providing services and conducting activities which increase demand for its members' products.
The National Poultry and Egg Board furiously lobbied the President to cease promoting the plan, culminating in an agreement at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation shortly before Thanksgiving in 1947. Turkey was no longer discouraged, but Eggless Thursdays remained for the rest of the year, meaning no pumpkin pie was served at the ...
Instead, President Lincoln granted the turkey a reprieve, the first of its kind. Every year before Thanksgiving the White House holds a national turkey presentation, where the president grants ...
In 1947, in what began as a lobbying ploy to get President Harry Truman to stop rationing turkey for foreign aid, the National Turkey Federation has presented the President of the United States with one live turkey and two dressed turkeys in a ceremony known as the National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation.
AFBF data shows that the average price of an 8- to 16-pound turkey was $1.27 per pound in August 2023, down a whopping 22 percent from the $1.63 per pound during the same month in 2022.