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How you can choose which turkey gets a presidential pardon on Tuesday
Both turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, will be pardoned and sent to North Carolina State University for care and agricultural education after a public vote determines the ceremony participant.
- On Tuesday, Nov. 25 the presidential turkey pardon will occur at the White House at 2 p.m. ET, with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump presiding and sparing both Gobble and Waddle.
- The tradition began formally in 1989 when President George H.W. Bush declared the first annual pardon; this year's turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, were named after an online vote led by North Carolina 4H and FFA students and the Office of the First Lady.
- By texting the short code or using Office of the First Lady polls, constituents choose which turkey formally appears; voting closes Monday night at 11:59 p.m. ET after both birds were raised by Jay Jandrain, National Turkey Federation Chairman, and Travis Pittman, Butterball contract grower.
- After the White House event, NC State will provide long-term care and an educational role for the turkeys, including daily care, housing and veterinary services at the North Carolina State University Prestage Department of Poultry Science in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- The pardon sustains a multi-decade White House ritual that evolved into today's pardoning ceremony and serves as pre-Thanksgiving public outreach with livestream coverage.
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