8.7K views · 175 reactions | President Trump on Tuesday pardoned turkeys "Gobble" and "Waddle" in keeping with storied White House Thanksgiving tradition. President Harry Truman was the first president to be presented with a turkey, but the modern presidential pardon dates back to George H.W. Bush. CBS News’ Ed O'Keefe has a look at the history of the pardon. | CBS Evening News | Facebook

November 19, 1963, President John F. Kennedy accepted a Thanksgiving turkey in the White House Rose Garden—and did something unprecedented for its time: he refused to eat it. With cameras rolling, Kennedy casually remarked that the bird would be spared, making this unscripted act the quiet ancestor of today’s presidential turkey pardon. No decree, no spectacle—just instinctive mercy before history turned forever. #HiddenHistory #JFKMoments #ThanksgivingTradition #WhiteHouseLife #fblifestyle" | S