Today, President Obama will perform the annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Pardon- a tradition that dates back to (what some think) with Lincoln. Truman is widely believed to be the first president to pardon the turkeys.
This year, is a little different. The turkey's that the President will pardon today, will take up permanent residence at Virginia Tech. Yesterday, the Hokie Bird provided some great photo opps for the White House Press team.
Future besties alert: @TheHokieBird shows off his best waddle for new BFFs Tater and Tot #TurkeyPardon2016 pic.twitter.com/RWjpQU9Xjf— Virginia Tech (@virginia_tech) November 22, 2016
Full Virginia Tech News Release can be found here.
Following today's ceremony, the turkeys will be taken 4.5 hours through a Bob Ross painting, ending up at the Livestock Judging Pavilion on Virginia Tech's campus.
Our mascot was hanging out with his peeps yesterday at the White House - wonder what Cavman was doing....
Meet the two turkey's below: (Someone in the WhiteHouse.gov marketing department is a Hokie)
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