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Numeral tags sold on Ebay auction. Forest Park, Illinois

President Obama pardons "Courage", List of Turkey's pardoned

 

 

6 numeral tags and one irregularly shaped tag sold at auction for $18 apiece in this combined auction listing. What a bargain!

There were a whopping 22 hits on the auction that started off at $99.00

 

 

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theappetizer/archive/2009/11/25/obama-pardons-his-first-turkey-as-us-president.aspx

 

List of turkeys pardoned

  • 2002: George W. Bush pardoned the first-ever female turkey in the ceremony, Katie, a 30-pound bird bred by Ron Prestage, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as well as alternate bird "Zack". The turkeys were named after Prestage's children.[3]
  • 2005: Bush pardoned "Marshmallow" and alternate bird "Yam", raised in Henning, Minnesota. Beginning 2005 pardoned birds were sent to Disneyland to live, and serve as the "honorary grand marshal" of that year's thanksgiving day parade, following concerns raised by animal rights objections that the birds had not survived for long. For the previous 15 years they had been sent to Frying Pan Park near Herndon, Virginia.[4] Names were generally chosen in online votes taken at the White House website.
  • 2006: Bush pardoned "Flyer" and alternate bird "Fryer", raised in Missouri.[5]
  • 2007: Bush pardoned 45-pound "May" and backup "Flower", raised in Indiana.[6]
  • 2008: Bush pardoned 45-pound backup "vice" turkey named "Pumpkin", after the number one turkey "Pecan" fell ill the night before the ceremony. Both turkeys were allowed to live.[7][8]
  • 2009: Barack Obama pardoned "Courage", a 45-pound turkey provided by the National Turkey Federation, and alternate bird Carolina, raised in North Carolina.[9]


 

 

 

 

 

hope nobody chokes on the other ones that don't get spared

 



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