WASHJNGTON – The 2024 national turkeys have arrived at the White House from Minnesota and are taking visitors, mostly school children on tours of the presidential residence. The birds are scheduled for a presidential pardon Monday. Then it’s a 16-hour road trip back to Minnesota – not for a Thanksgiving platter but for a pampered life of luxury at a Waseca living game museum. Meanwhile, word leaked at the White House that President Biden will christen the birds Peach and Blossom for the official flower of his home state of Delaware.
Their days ahead. Most farm-raised turkeys don’t survive Thanksgiving. Pets typically live 10 years. The record is 15 years for a bird in Massachusetts. Image White House