Home News PHOTOS: President Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeysNewsPHOTOS: President Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeysBy nytimespost -0FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Turkeys Peach and Blossom are skipping the Thanksgiving dinner table after President Biden pardoned them during a ceremony on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.Susan Walsh/APPresident Joe Biden grabs his grandchild, Beau Biden, after pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peach, during a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Mark Schiefelbein/APBeau Biden, grandson of President Joe Biden, is pictured with the national Thanksgiving turkeys, Peach and Blossom, after a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Susan Walsh/APPresident Joe Biden speaks and pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peach, during a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, as John Zimmerman, chair of the National Turkey Federation and his son Grant, look on.Susan Walsh/APPresident Joe Biden speaks after pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peach, during a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Mark Schiefelbein/APPresident Joe Biden, far right, pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peach, as John Zimmerman, chair of the National Turkey Federation, from left, and his son Grant look on during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Mark Schiefelbein/APMembers of the press take photos of turkeys Peach and Blossom before a ceremony in which President Joe Biden will pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Mark Schiefelbein/APThe national Thanksgiving turkeys Peach and Blossom are pictured before a pardoning ceremony with President Joe Biden on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Mark Schiefelbein/APMembers of the press take photos of turkeys Peach and Blossom before a ceremony in which President Joe Biden will pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Susan Walsh/APPeach walks on the South Lawn of the White House before being pardoned by President Joe Biden during a pardoning ceremony at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.Susan Walsh/APBlossom, one of two turkeys to be pardoned by President Joe Biden for Thanksgiving, sits in a crate on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, before the pardoning ceremony.