Photo Released Today of President Kennedy with Calif. Turkey


A photo was just released today on the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The photo depicts the President along with other officials gathered around a California Turkey that was given to him a few days before the president was killed.


Leo Pearlstein, of Lee and Associates in Los Angeles handled the logistics of the turkey delivery to the President. California Ag Today interviewed Mr. Pearlstein today and you can hear the story about the turkey in the audio below.


Of course, Lee and Associates along with the nation were stunned to learn that President Kennedy had been killed, and the photo was never released.  Today, Lee and Associates decided that it would be released.