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While much of the country spends the day after Easter sweeping up plastic grass and nursing a Peeps overdose, the White House welcomes an invasion of children. Thousands of young people will stream onto the South Lawn this Easter Monday for the White House Easter Egg Roll, one of the oldest presidential traditions and the largest annual event held at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. (See top 10 things you didn't know about Easter...
Some 53,000 people attended the egg roll in 1941 (73 children ended up being separated from their parents), though in modern times the number is generally under 20,000. Calvin Coolidge's wife mingled through crowds while holding a pet raccoon named Rebecca, while Mrs. Warren G. Harding put on the uniform of her beloved Girl Scouts for the event. Ursula Meese, wife of Reagan's Attorney General, donned a full-body Easter Bunny costume for six Easter Egg Rolls. Showcasing modern technology, Eleanor Roosevelt welcomed crowds and addressed listeners across the country via radio in 1933, while...
Washington being Washington, politics is rarely far from the celebration. Nancy Reagan personally called an 11-year-old girl to invite her to 1984's roll after learning that a campaign worker said the girl wouldn't be welcome due to her support for Walter Mondale. More than 100 same-sex couples showed up at the event in 2006 with their children in an organized effort to show President Bush "that gay families exist in this country," in the words of one organizer; critics accused them of "crashing" the event. The Obamas specifically welcomed gay families this year, distributing tickets...
...attend - though huge demand for tickets left many parents frustrated and empty-handed, despite spending hours in front of their computers. A reminder, perhaps, that this particular rite of spring is designed primarily for the enjoyment of children, not grown-ups. As former Clinton adviser Bruce Reed, a seven-roll veteran, told the New York Times: "It was an experience that you wouldn't want to miss, but it was absolutely exhausting and everyone was thrilled when it was over...
...pitch to force in Harvard’s third run of the inning. The Crimson could not bring any more runners home, and Yale escaped its three-error seventh inning for the victory.“We love to fight—we don’t want to roll over and die,” Vertovez said. “We want to get that energy to the beginning and middle of the game.”Harvard had taken the early lead over its long-time foe, 1-0, in the third inning. But the Bulldogs...