Collection White House Easter Egg Roll
Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an 'egg roll' party. Held on the South...
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Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an 'egg roll' party. Held on the South...
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
Abraham Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine,...
In addition to important holdings in historical memorabilia, art, and furnishings, the White House collection also has an archives o...
The White House has hosted many musical performances featuring artists playing a wide variety of instruments. When the first cello—an...
As the Easter Monday event became more of an attraction, a rule was fixed to limit the number of people...
Eleven years after the Easter Monday egg rolling festivities came to the White House, President Benjamin Harrison scored a hit...
In 1878, Easter Monday celebrants who were not allowed to roll eggs on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol headed...
Once the White House was opened to public egg rolling festivities in 1878, first families had to decide whether they were...
The egg roll holds such an important place in White House history that no president wants to be known for...
The annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House has been a regular public event since 1878 and a subject of...
War-hero Ulysses S. Grant, elected after a bitter war and the emotional impeachment of Andrew Johnson, spent two terms in...