{"id":2373236,"date":"2024-11-25T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-honors-peach-and-blossom-in-final-turkey-pardon-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:07:31","slug":"biden-honors-peach-and-blossom-in-final-turkey-pardon-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-honors-peach-and-blossom-in-final-turkey-pardon-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden honors Peach and Blossom in final turkey pardon &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-honors-peach-and-blossom-in-final-turkey-pardon-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373236&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Monday, President \u2064Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys named Peach \u2064and Blossom in\u2063 a \u200blighthearted Thanksgiving tradition at the White House, which has been held \u2063for over a century. During\u200c the \u200dceremony on the South Lawn, Biden\u200c humorously announced\u2064 the pardons, citing the turkeys&#8217; &#8220;temperament\u200c and commitment to\u200c being productive members of society.&#8221; Both turkeys, weighing about 40 pounds each, traveled from\u200c Minnesota and were named in honor of Delaware&#8217;s state \u200bflower,\u2062 the peach blossom,\u2064 which \u2062is Biden&#8217;s\u2063 home state. This \u2063event marked \u200cBiden&#8217;s final participation in the\u2064 annual \u2062turkey pardon, attended\u2062 by a crowd of \u20632,500\u200d people. His <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">speech included\u2064 playful comments<\/a> about the turkeys, referencing Peach&#8217;s motto &#8220;keep calm and gobble on&#8221; and Blossom&#8217;s &#8220;No fowl play, just Minnesota \u2064nice.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden honors Peach and Blossom in final turkey pardon: &lsquo;Keep calm and gobble on&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1890750\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> pardoned his final two turkeys at the White House on Monday in a lighthearted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thanksgiving\">Thanksgiving<\/a> tradition that dates back more than 100 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Fellas, your prayers are going to be answered today,&rdquo; Biden said in a ceremony on the South Lawn. &ldquo;Based on your temperament and commitment to being productive members of society, I hereby pardon Peach and Blossom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I hereby pardon Peach and Blossom!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Biden participates in National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning Ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlHyUD1lNR\">pic.twitter.com\/JlHyUD1lNR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1861085612750823584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Peach and Blossom were the names given to the two turkeys who journeyed down from Minnesota for the occasion, each weighing about 40 pounds. They were named for the peach blossom, the state flower of Delaware, Biden&rsquo;s home.<\/p>\n<p>With a 2,500-person crowd on hand, Biden took part for the fourth and final time in the annual ceremony, delivering a speech that was periodically interrupted with gobbles from Peach.<\/p>\n<p>In moments of levity, he praised the life and spirit of the two turkeys. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He lives by the motto &lsquo;keep calm and gobble on,&#8217;&rdquo; Biden said of Peach, while Blossom&rsquo;s motto was, &ldquo;No fowl play, just Minnesota nice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The turkey pardon tradition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3239450\/how-white-house-thanksgiving-turkey-pardon-came-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dates back<\/a>&nbsp;to former President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, though it has evolved over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The pardoning of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-heading-to-first-physical-as-president-white-house\/\" title=\"Biden Heading to First Physical as President: White House\">turkey ahead<\/a> of the holiday, for which the bird is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-pardons-turkeys-ahead-of-thanksgiving-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Biden pardons turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving - Washington Examiner\">traditional main dish<\/a>, became a tradition under former President George H.W. Bush in 1989. His predecessor, former President Ronald Reagan, became the first to use the term &ldquo;pardon&rdquo; in the ceremony in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>Biden peppered his speech with turkey-flavored jokes, saying the two birds were fans of Bon Jovi&rsquo;s 1986 hit &ldquo;Livin&rsquo; on a Prayer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blossom, left, and Peach, right, walk on the South Lawn of the White House before they are pardoned by President Joe Biden during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, Peach and Blossom will join the free birds of the United States of America,&rdquo; he said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the ceremony over, Biden will fly to New York City to participate in a Friendsgiving event Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He will head to Nantucket, Massachusetts, later this week, where he has spent Thanksgiving in prior years of his presidency. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1890750\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1890750\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden pardons final turkeys, Peach and Blossom: &#8220;Keep calm and gobble on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2373237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Turkey-Pardon-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,45671,38598,45650,32076],"class_list":["post-2373236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-peach-and-blossom","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey-pardon","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Turkey-Pardon-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373240,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373236\/revisions\/2373240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}