Egg Rolling
About Easter
Egg Rolling
Egg roll at the White House lawn, 1929
Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game with
Easter eggs.
Different nations have different versions of the game, usually done with
colored eggs.
In the
United States, the Easter Egg Roll has become a much-loved annual event on
the White
House lawn for
children and their parents. The Egg Roll itself is a race, where children run in
parallel lanes, pushing an egg through the grass with a long-handled spoon.
Surrounding events, such as appearances by White House personalities in
Easter
Bunny costumes, speeches and book-reading by
Cabinet secretaries, and exhibits of artistically-decorated eggs, make the
day into a bigger festival.
President Hayes was the first to host the Easter Egg Roll for children on the
White House. The original site was on the grounds of the United States Capitol.
Congress ended the tradition after a particularly active Easter Egg Roll in
1876. At the request of several children, President Hayes brought the event to
the White House in 1878.
The practice was abandoned during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, and
revived by Mamie Eisenhower during her husband's term in office. Mrs. Eisenhower
opened the event to African American children for the first time.
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