The White House Easter Egg Roll was cancelled (thanks COVID) again this year. President Joe Biden did give remarks from the South Lawn and the Easter Bunny was there. Easter Monday White House lawn activities are one of the longest traditions at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The WHEER has a special place in my heart and personal journey. It was an incredible honor to serve as the Official Emcee of the Egg Roll during the Obama Administration, a first in Egg Roll history.
But, how about some way more historically important facts about the White House Easter Egg Roll from the White House Historical Society? In 1878 President Hayes welcome children from all around Washington to the South Lawn after their access to Capitol grounds were restricted. Congress didn’t want people on the landscaping, not like cause of why access is restricted today.
It was President Nixon’s Administration that introduced timed Egg Roll races like we see today. Other fun dates in 1929 the WHEER was first broadcast over the radio on WRC and in 1981 the Reagan Administration hosted an egg hunt for wooden eggs, starting the tradition of the keepsake eggs that’s are distributed to this day.
This year the keepsake eggs were still produced by a company in Maine. You can get them thru the White House Historical Society like I did. They have bunnies in masks and in the set a golden egg with Champ and Major Biden on it.
Find out more fun White House Easter Egg Roll facts and history here —> https://www.whitehousehistory.org/press-room/press-timelines/easter-egg-roll-significant-dates.
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