Corn, the National Thanksgiving Turkey chosen by the American people via Twitter poll, was pardoned by President Donald Trump in the White House Rose Garden Tuesday afternoon, and beforehand, the turkey and compatriot, Cob, received the luxury treatment at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

As WUSA9 reported, "The poultry duo rolled up in a chauffeured car and walked a red carpet to the entrance of the Willard Hotel. They were escorted into their suite where, they too, jumped on the bed."

The National Turkey Federation tweeted a photo of Corn and Cob making themselves at home once they got to their suite.

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The turkeys were housed in the suite since arriving in the capitol from Iowa this weekend. Corn and Cob were introduced to the nation on Monday during a press conference.

Though Corn was favored as the National Thanksgiving Turkey and received a full, public pardon, don't worry about Cob. CBS reported that both turkeys' lives will be spared. Corn and Cob will retire to the Iowa State University Campus where they will aid in classes for the College of Agricultural Life Sciences and other campus activities.

According to the Washington Post, Horace Vose, a Rhode Island poultry farmer, began the tradition of gifting Thanksgiving turkeys to U.S. presidents in 1873 when he sent a 38-pound bird to President Ulysses S. Grant. But sparing turkeys dates back to Abraham Lincoln, whose son grew attached to a Christmas turkey and begged his father for its life. The tradition of sparing Thanksgiving turkeys continued on and off, and was practiced by President John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Regan, but the tradition wasn't considered an official pardoning until George H.W. Bush declared so for his turkey in 1989.

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