How the TSA Plans to Handle Record Air Travel DALLAS (AP) — Just as sure as the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States.

While the tradition of the official turkey presentation began in 1947 when President Harry Truman was president, they were frequently gobbled up.

U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned Peach and Blossom, two white-plumed turkeys, on Monday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables, an annual tradition that also marked the start of the Democrat's last holiday season at the White House.