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The White House hopes to cause some “egg citation” when the Easter egg roll returns on Monday after a two-year hiatus caused by a coronavirus.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are expected to welcome some 30,000 children and their adult companions for egg rolling, egg hunting and other activities.
President Joe Biden appears with First Lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the balcony of the Blue Room of the White House on April 5, 2021 in Washington. The White House Easter Egg Roll returns on April 18, 2022 after a 2-year hiatus caused by COVID. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci, File)
The first lady, who is a teacher, calls it an “egg roll,” said aides, and is turning South Lawn into a school community with various educational stations.
This is the first Easter egg roll to be hosted by Biden, who is expected to address the crowd and join some of the activities, despite Monday’s rain forecast.
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The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the White House to cancel the event in 2020 and 2021.
In addition to egg rolling and hunting, the all-day event will include a school activity area, a reading area, a talent show, a place to teach children how farmers deliver food, a shooting station, a physical “egg training” area with an obstacle course. and other exercise stations and a “cafeteria” where children and their families will learn to make and eat treats.
The annual Easter egg roll at the White House is a long tradition of more than 140 years. (Associated Press)
“Eggs-Stravagantsa” will win a celebrity with the participation of the host of “Tonight Show” Jimmy Fallon, singer Ciara and actor-singer Christine Chenovet.
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More than two dozen costumed characters will roam the field, including The Cat in Dr. Seuss’s Hat, the Racing Presidents mascots for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball, Rosita and Cookie Monster in Sesame Street, and Snoopy and Charlie Brown, among others. others.
President Joe Biden appears with First Lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the balcony of the Blue Room of the White House on April 5, 2021 in Washington. The White House Easter Egg Roll returns on April 18, 2022 after a 2-year hiatus caused by COVID. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci, file)
The families of the military will be among 30,000 participants, including members of the USS Delaware crew and their families. The first lady sponsored the nuclear attack submarine, which the president commissioned during a ceremony this month in Wilmington, Delaware.
Representatives of the general public received their tickets through an online lottery.
The egg roll will be the biggest event so far at Biden’s White House and will unfold in five waves, starting at 7:30 a.m. and ending at 6:30 p.m.
The resumption of this Easter tradition is a sign that the White House is reopening, despite the recent influx of COVID-19 cases among cabinet members, White House officials, Vice President Kamala Harris’ wife and members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Some of these cases stem from the return of Gridiron Club’s spring dinner this month.
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Independent public tours of the executive mansion will resume on Friday in a limited way, after they were also suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic.
The Easter egg roll in the White House dates back to 1878.
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