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Every year the President of the US pardons a turkey and it goes to a public farm called Frying Pan Park, Herndon, VA. Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?

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Lincoln did. Except, George W. Bush was the first official President to do that.
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