--- title: Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey | TIME description: Obama pardons Cheese, the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a 67-year old tradition. canonical: https://time.com/video/LMB8JHE4/ og:title: Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey og:description: Obama pardons Cheese, the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a 67-year old tradition. og:url: https://time.com/video/LMB8JHE4/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LMB8JHE4/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey twitter:description: Obama pardons Cheese, the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a 67-year old tradition. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LMB8JHE4/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey ## Video: Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey [Watch (HLS stream): Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LMB8JHE4.m3u8) (0:40)  _Published 2014-11-27. Obama pardons Cheese, the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a 67-year old tradition._ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:34 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [SallieKrawcheck on PowerwomenTV](/video/6nTJ008W/) ### SallieKrawcheck on PowerwomenTV [Gail Simmons on PowerwomenTV](/video/7GszcSOs/) ### Gail Simmons on PowerwomenTV [Late-Night Highlight: Stephen Colbert Bids Farewell To TV, For Now](/video/pKxQNYOJ/) ### Late-Night Highlight: Stephen Colbert Bids Farewell To TV, For Now --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Obama Pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey","description":"Obama pardons Cheese, the National Thanksgiving Turkey in a 67-year old tradition.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LMB8JHE4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-27T07:33:26.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/LMB8JHE4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/LMB8JHE4/","duration":"PT40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/LMB8JHE4/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```