“This year we are finally reuniting,” the president said from Truman’s balcony in the White House. “And this is so special. It means so much to see and hear the children and all the families who come here today. ”
The first lady, who is also a professor at a public college, said this year’s event was designed to honor the “decisive spirit of education”.
“As your first lady and as a teacher, I have seen time and time again that learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom. There are so many fun opportunities to learn around us every day. And this is especially true here in the White House. For generations, presidents and first ladies and children, just like you, have celebrated the Easter egg together, competing and making crafts, reading books and, of course, meeting the Easter Bunny. Education never stops, “said Jill Biden. She has been teaching English for several years at Northern Virginia Community College.
The White House was expecting 30,000 guests at this year’s event, which they call the White House Easter Roll for 2022 “EGGucation”. This is one of the few major events Biden has hosted since taking office last year amid concerns about the proliferation of Covid-19.
Approximately 50,000 hard-boiled eggs were to be used for egg-rolling competitions, egg-hunting, painting and decorating, according to the American Egg Board, which donated 90,000 eggs to the event as part of its long-standing partnership with the White House.
The return of the annual tradition comes as the White House seeks to move the country into a new phase of the pandemic, which he says will be less destructive to Americans’ daily lives. White House officials say that even if new options emerge and the number of cases increases again, the nation is prepared for the availability of vaccines, boosters, home tests, treatments and masks.
But officials are closely following the highly contagious sub-variant of Omicron BA.2, which is now the dominant strain in the United States. The mandate of federal transport masks has recently been extended in part due to growing cases, according to U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murty.
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