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Americans eat 46 million turkeys every Thanksgiving.

By: Kelly Branco, Art & Music Editor
November 21, 2018
Photo Credit: Photo via Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons License
Every year the president of the United States pardons a turkey so that they won’t be eaten.

Since the first thanksgiving in 1621, turkeys have been a staple for the holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States. Enjoy your thanksgiving everyone!

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Kelly Branco
Kelly Branco, Art & Music Editor
Kelly Branco is a senior and this is her first year working on The Declaration. Branco is a fan of theater, she loves to perform and watch Broadway shows whenever she can. She is an anchor for Patriots Television and does the fun fact every morning. She is in the Colonia High School Theater Department, sings for the Harmony in Motion Show Choir, and AcaPatriots, A Capella Choir. Last year, Branco got the Seal of Bi-Literacy in French and she speaks Portuguese.  She loves to read in her spare time. She is going to Fairleigh Dickinson University in the Fall of 2019 with a Musical Theater major.
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Americans eat 46 million turkeys every Thanksgiving.