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Governor pardons two turkeys at Terrace Hill

November 23, 2021 By Dar Danielson

Governor Reynolds reads proclamation pardoning turkeys. (RI photo)

Governor Kim Reynolds continued the annual tradition today of pardoning two turkeys from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.

“Now, therefore, I, Kim Reynolds, Governor of the State of Iowa, do proudly proclaim Squash and Stuffing as symbols of Iowa’s great turkey industry — and they are free to roam,” Reynolds read.

The two turkeys are from a farm in Ellsworth and walked right up in front of the governor as she read the proclamation on the back lawn of the Terrace Hill governor’s mansion.

She mentioned how they got their names. “We want to give a shout-out to the fifth-grade class at West Marshall Elementary who helped name the turkeys. And the turkeys are Squash and Stuffing,” Reynolds says.

Squash and Stuffing.

Reynolds talked about the importance of Thanksgiving after the proclamation pardoning the turkeys. “We’ve been through a rough couple of years and so I love that life is getting back to normal and people can gather with their families, do it safely and responsibly and just count their blessings — because we have a lot to be thankful for,” she says.

The turkeys walked around and did not make any noise throughout the ceremony or after. The governor says they will now be taken to Living History Farms.

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Filed Under: Agriculture, Human Interest, News Tagged With: Food, Kim Reynolds

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