Live: Biden pardons turkeys Peach and Blossom as Thanksgiving tradition

(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden volition pardon the nationalist Thanksgiving turkeys connected Monday, arsenic families passim the United States hole for their ain vacation feasts.

Biden volition pardon this year’s turkeys Peach and Blossom astatine 11 a.m. ET connected the White House South Lawn. The lawsuit marks the 77th day of the tradition.

Peach, a 4-month-old and 41-pound turkey, loves eating his favourite snack— tater-tot-topped hotdish. While, Blossom, besides 4 months aged and 40 pounds, prefers food curds, according to the National Turkey Federation.

The birds volition spell connected to the Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center aft their pardons and are expected to be the center’s waffle meal and Turkey Trot connected Friday.

Several erstwhile presidents person pardoned turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the lawsuit didn’t go a formal contented until 1989 nether erstwhile President George H. W. Bush.