55 Yrs. Ago In Political Murder

Nat'l. Archives

President John F. Kennedy is presented with a turkey by an industry group on Nov. 19, 1963.
Kennedy gives the bird a reprieve, the first recorded presidential Thanksgiving turkey pardon.

Harvey Georges/AP

If you think these United Snakes have been a democracy at any time in the last 55 yrs., you have another think coming.Not much, but one could be thankful the murdering hasn't resumed here. Yet.