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PHOTOS: President Biden pardons turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly

WTOP Staff

November 19, 2021, 5:43 PM

President Joe Biden exercised his executive power Friday by taking part in a presidential tradition: The pardoning of two turkeys at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving.

This year’s turkeys are named Peanut Butter and Jelly. Luckily, these two will not end up on a sandwich this year — they will go to live at Purdue University in its Animal Science and Research Center, where they have their own indoor enclosure and access to a shaded grassy area.

See photos of the ceremony below.

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The two national Thanksgiving turkeys, Peanut Butter and Jelly, are photographed in the Rose Garden of the White House before a pardon ceremony in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Joe Biden pardons Peanut Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Phil Seger, chairman of the National Turkey Federation and Andrea Welp, turkey grower from Indiana stand with Biden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Joe Biden walks past Peanut Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, after he was pardoned during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Joe Biden pardons Peanut Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Biden is joined by, from left, Phil Seger, Chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and Andrea Welp, turkey grower from Indiana. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Peanut Butter, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The two national Thanksgiving turkeys, Peanut Butter and Jelly, are seen in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Joe Biden talks with White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre after a ceremony to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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