Overview
- The ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday at the White House, with the first lady’s office listing a 2 p.m. ET start though one report cited noon.
- Only one of the two turkeys will appear in the formal presentation, yet both will receive presidential pardons.
- Gobble and Waddle were named through a public poll run by the Office of the First Lady using options from North Carolina 4H and FFA students.
- Ahead of the event, the turkeys stayed at the Willard InterContinental Hotel adjacent to the White House.
- Following the ceremony, NC State’s Prestage Department will provide dedicated housing, daily care and veterinary services, continuing a tradition formalized as a pardon in 1989 by George H. W. Bush.