Turkey Pardon [#45] Washington DC and make the Aquatic Gardens

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

proposals and weddings

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

one that in 2016 coincided with the Lunar New Year: the Super Bowl

Over a full weekend

Turkey Pardon [#45] Washington DC and make the Aquatic GardensEvery 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