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2002 Easter Egg Roll
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- Photograph by William Phillips, copyright White House Historical Association
2002 Easter Egg Roll
Creator: William Phillips, April 1, 2002.
Children roll eggs on the South Lawn at the 2002 White House Easter Egg Roll. The tradition of an annual Easter Egg Roll began in 1879 with President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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