107.9 The River » White House Easter Egg Roll http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sat, 18 May 2013 17:54:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 11 Fun White House Easter Egg Roll Moments http://theriver1079.com/white-house-easter-egg-roll-moments/ http://theriver1079.com/white-house-easter-egg-roll-moments/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:00:36 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=112795 The White House Easter Egg Roll is a tradition that goes back to 1878. In the beginning, the event was mostly just the roll itself, with children pushing painted eggs through the White House Lawn with a long-handled spoon.

But these days, it is much more than that. Now it’s a 11 hour event that about 35,000 kids and their parents attend.

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