White House Easter Egg Roll returns for first time since start of pandemic
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed 30,000 visitors to the White House on Easter Monday.
The White House Easter Egg Roll is back for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Under rainy skies Monday, President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were hosting some 30,000 kids and adults for an event the first lady has dubbed the “egg-ucation roll”.
Jill Biden tweeted that Monday would be a “magical, EGGucation-filled day”.
The Covid-19 pandemic led the White House to cancel the egg roll in 2020 and 2021. But the egg roll is back this year, as the outbreak of coronavirus cases, hospitalisations and deaths has eased.
Besides the egg roll and an egg hunt, the all-day event includes a schoolhouse activity area, a reading nook, a talent show, a place to teach about farming, a photo-taking station, a physical “egg-ucation” zone with an obstacle course, and a “cafetorium” where children will learn to make treats.
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, singer Ciara and actor-singer, Kristin Chenoweth, will add a dash of celebrity splash to the “egg-stravaganza”.
The event kicked off at about 7am, with the first of five waves of people, including kids wearing their Easter best, streaming through the White House gates.
The White House Easter Egg Roll dates to 1878.
