Since President Rutherford B. Hayes first invited youngsters to egg-roll on garden, the cherished springtime occasion has turn into one of many longest held traditions on the White Home.
Courting again to 1878, the Easter Egg Roll got here to be shortly after Congress voted to limit public use of the U.S. Capitol grounds. Washingtonians had historically to rolled brightly dyed hard-boiled eggs down the garden with spoons to have fun Easter Monday, in line with the White Home Historic Affiliation.
Members of Congress who had been petrified of yearly panorama harm attributable to contributors handed the invoice to limit entry on April 29, 1876, and successfully banned future egg rolling on the Capitol.
Nevertheless, two years later, a bunch of youngsters lobbied President Hayes to permit them to play their egg-rolling video games on the White Home’s garden, and thus started the custom that also exists at this time.
![U.S. Vice President George H. Bush greeted by cartoon characters at the start of the annual Easter egg roll on the White House, April 8, 1985 in Washington. (AP Photo) ORG XMIT: APHS205201 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/9Svu89SSpb9eT6v8Mt1hGw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ0OQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_news_641/29be9b0d8b9085c340db4c391e4cefe1)
![President Bill Clinton handles the starting whistling and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton handles cheer leading chores during the annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn in Washington, April 12, 1993. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) ORG XMIT: APHS341978 [Via MerlinFTP Drop]](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/V6NcMGQzxjgKEXAuyFwMeQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTQ2Mw--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/usa_today_news_641/3e3038b23e3b917f2b9c6cb9c03482e9)
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