answer #148 - Truman (Who was the first President to pardon a turkey from Thanksgiving dinner?)
question #149 - Which Founding Father wanted the turkey to be the national bird?
*Apparently the Truman story has not been confirmed and its more probable that George HW Bush was the first one to pardon a turkey.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Trivia Wednesday #149: Turkey as the national bird
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Actually answer #148 is incorrect. According to Snopes.com ( http://www.snopes.com/holidays/thanksgiving/pardon.asp ) The first pardon was handed out by George H. W. Bush. Just thought I'd throw that out there...
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