


A pair of turkeys scheduled to be pardoned by the president this Thanksgiving week had their names revealed on Sunday: Liberty and Bell.
The two turkeys, from Willmar, Minnesota, were given their names by Willmar Public Schools students. Each student was given a coloring sheet featuring the two turkeys and was asked to write two names on the sheet. The students were told the coloring sheets would be given to President Joe Biden, Willmar Public Schools substitute teacher Brooke Dahl told the Washington Examiner.
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"President Biden then went through them and he was able to select the names of the turkeys," Dahl said. "Each kid was able to pick two names to put on their coloring sheets. So, it was really fun."
Dahl also said that some of the students named the turkeys after their siblings, some after their pets, and some after the president himself — naming one turkey Joe and the other Biden.
The turkeys are set to be pardoned by Biden on Monday, as is an annual tradition by the White House ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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On Sunday, Biden and his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, visited the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Gerald R. Ford at Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia to serve an early Thanksgiving dinner to servicemen and servicewomen. During a speech made at his appearance, Biden thanked the servicemen and servicewomen, along with their families. He said the military members were the "1%" who protect "the 99% of us,” according to the Associated Press.
The president and first lady will celebrate Thanksgiving this year on Nantucket, an island in the state of Massachusetts.