Turkey Pardon [#45] Washington DC and it also has been

and it also has been an indicator of the gentrification process of the once called Chocolate City

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Hardly anything escapes from politics in this city

and make the Aquatic Gardens one of the District’s most beautiful natural displays

with some of its habitants breaking bread

Turkey Pardon [#45] Washington DC and it also has beenEvery year, the president pardons a Turkey for Thanksgiving. The bird is donated by the National Turkey Federation, an unofficial sponsor of this modern day tradition. The origins of this pardoning varies but it officially started with George H. W. Bush, in response to the protests of animal rights activists (Lincoln, Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan spared turkeys on their own, without making it an annual tradition). But the tradition has often been called