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Why American eat Tuckey in Thanksgiving day
What did it stand for?
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Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving Day is like Chinese eat glutinous rice dumpling (粽子)on Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)。Turkey is one of the main courses on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table. The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States is a large meal, starring a large roasted turkey. Because turkey is the most common main dish of a Thanksgiving dinner, Thanksgiving is sometimes colloquially called Turkey Day. Other common complementary dishes include mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, various vegetables (such as corn, green beans, squash, and sweet potatoes).
Since 1947, or possibly earlier, the National Turkey Federation has presented the President of the United States with one live turkey and two dressed turkeys. The live turkey is pardoned and lives out the rest of its days on a peaceful farm. While it is commonly held that this tradition began with Harry Truman in 1947, the Truman Library has been unable to find any evidence for this. Still others claim that that the tradition dates back to Abraham Lincoln pardoning his son's pet turkey. These stories made Turkey popular on Thanksgiving.
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President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House.