Nov 28, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to our first Thanksgiving episode. This week, Jordan and Jeremy talk about the history of the presidential turkey pardon and Rebecca, the raccoon that President Calvin Coolidge pardoned from his Thanksgiving table.
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Sources:
"Where Pardoned Turkeys Go To Die” by Dan Merica
“The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became A Presidential pet” by
Christopher Klein
“The Turkey: An American Story” by Andrew F. Smith
“Calvin Coolidge Renovation: 1927” on the White House Museum
website
“Turkey Pardons, The Stuffing of Historic Legend” by Monica
Hesse
“Calvin Coolidge’s Pet Raccoon Rebecca” by Presidential Pet
Museum
“First Lady Grace Coolidge Loved Her Raccoon, Rebecca” by Rebecca
Onion
“Wombats and Such” by David Pietrusza