Captain America at the 1982 Easter Egg Roll

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Dave Johnson on April 12, 1982, Captain America signs autographs for young attendees of the White House Easter Egg Roll. Traditionally occurring the Monday after Easter, the first White House Egg Roll was held in 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the South Lawn to local children who were prohibited from playing egg rolling games on the grounds of the Capitol. In 1982, the White House Easter Egg Roll attracted approximately 30,000 guests -- a record at the time -- and included balloon blowing and kite making stations, an egg hunt, and an egg roll race, as well as appearances by President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, and costumed characters.