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- 2009 theme: "Let's go play" encouraging today's youth to lead healthy and active lives
- Location: White House South Lawn
- Activities include storytelling, face painting, magicians, egg coloring, arts and crafts, music and stage entertainmentOfficial Site: The White House: EasterEggRoll
- Tickets were distributed online at Whitehouse.gov
- Tickets were available beginning on March 26
- Maximum of six tickets will be issued per order
- No more than two adults per group
- 2007 take home gifts: White House wooden Easter egg, bookmark, coloring book, commemorative poster, candy and My American Journal booklet
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The White House egg roll is an annual event that takes place on the Monday after Easter at the south lawn of the White House.
In 2009 President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted their first White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 13th on the White House's South Lawn. R&B singer Fergie sang the National Anthem before the event.Official Site: The White House: EasterEggRoll
Easter Egg Roll History
- Rumored that Dolley Madison first suggested the idea
- In 1872, the egg roll was conducted on the grounds of the Capital, not the White House
- After the 1876 egg roll, Congress passed the Turf Protection Law, which disallows the Capital grounds to be used as a playground
- First White House Easter Egg Roll took place on 1878
- Rutherford B. Hayes was in office during the inaugural Easter Egg Roll
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White House Easter Egg Hunt News
- The Swamp: White House Easter egg-roll: Tix online (March 23, 2009)
- CBS News: White House Easter Egg Roll Moves Tickets Online (March 23, 2009)
- FOXNews.com: Consumers Say Chocolate Bunnies and Jelly Beans... (March 24, 2009)
- CNN.com: First Obama WH Easter egg roll to... (March 23, 2009)
- Examiner.com: The White House Easter Egg Roll 2009: Come be a part of history (March 24, 2009)
- KCTV Kansas City: White House Easter Egg Roll (March 24, 2009)
- YouTube Video: Obama's White House Easter Egg Roll (Time:1:24)
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