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White House Photographs
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White House School teachers, Alice Grimes (left) and Elizabeth Boyd (right), watch as children from the school’s kindergarten and first grade classes gather around a turkey in the Rose Garden. The turkey was presented to President John F. Kennedy for Thanksgiving by the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board; President Kennedy pardoned the turkey. Kennedy family dog, Charlie, stands on grass at right. White House, Washington, D.C.
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