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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.
Support: https://www.patreon.com/americathebizarre
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
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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.
Support: https://www.patreon.com/americathebizarre
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