The annual White House Easter Egg Roll will be held on Monday, April 13, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the South Lawn of the White House.
For the first time, tickets for the Easter Egg Roll will be distributed online so that more children and families from across the United States have the opportunity to experience this event. Tickets will no longer be distributed on the Ellipse the weekend before the event. Tickets are available online from the White House. The link is below, under "Resources". (UPDATE: 30-March-09: The White House has closed the online ticket distribution. All the tickets have been distributed. There will be no ticket distribution on the Ellipse the weekend before the event.)
This year’s theme, ‘Let’s go play’, encourages America’s youth to lead healthy and active lives. The White House will open the South Lawn to children age ten and under, along with their families, to enjoy sports, cooking classes, live musical performances, storytelling and the traditional Easter egg roll.
All guests will enter the event from the Ellipse and will go through a security screening process.
For the most up-to-date information on the Easter Egg Roll and other public events at the White House, please call the Visitors Office 24-hour information line at . Media details will be released in the coming weeks.
Resources:
White House Easter Egg Roll - sign-up for tickets here! - (Official White House website)
White House Easter Egg Gifts from the National Park Foundation (Buy one of the special wooden Easter Eggs given as gifts by the President and signed by both the President and the First Lady. Exact duplicates of the gift eggs are available from The National Park Foundation. This year there is even a choice of colors and the price is only $7. Such a deal!)
History of the White House Easter Egg Roll
Easter Eggs - a great article from Wikipedia
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The White House Egg Roll, the cooking demonstrations and the storytime stage are all being shared with America via live streaming video. You can watch the festivities live (on Monday, April 13th only)by going to this page of the White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll/
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