Image – Flickr – Lin Pernille ♥ Photography

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Kids of all ages get to to hunt for Easter eggs and listen to stories.  The Easter Bunny is even going to make a visit. 

While at the White House Visitor getting your tickets, check out the 2008 State Easter egg display.  Artists from around the U.S. States decorate eggs representing their state. Check out some of this year’s eggs.

Annual White House Easter Egg Roll
Tickets – White House Visitor Center
1450 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20230   (map it)

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Dates and Times – Monday, Mar. 24, 2008, 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Tickets – FREE, but tickets are required.  First-come, first-served, timed tickets will be distributed by The National Park Service, at the White House Visitor Center (15th and E Streets, NW – SW corner) on Saturday, Mar. 22nd starting at 7:30 a.m.  A smaller block of tickets will also be distributed on Monday morning, March 24th.

Maximum of 5 tickets per person. One child in each group must be under 8 years old, and a maximum 2 adults per group is allowed. All visitors must have a ticket, including all children. 

The White House Visitor Center is open daily 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

This even it very popular, so plan on arriving VERY early to line up for tickets.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Farragut West or McPherson Square – Blue and Orange lines, or Metro Center – Blue, Orange and Red lines.  Both are within a 5 block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Parking is limited near the White House.  Limited metered or nearby garage parking is available.

Images – Washington egg – White House Visitor Center (WHVC) , by NPS Photo, egg by Pamela Gompf.  Laura Bush White House – Shealah Craighead, South Lawn – NPS Photo by Donna Spiewak, Event sign – personal collection – © 2008 – Jon Rochetti 

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Just a couple weeks before the White House Spring Garden Tour, the Easter Egg Roll is another annual tradition that’s actually a race where children push a hard-boiled egg across the South Lawn of the White House using only a long-handled spoon. Usually, the Easter Bunny makes an appearance and a few cabinet members read a few children’s stories.

The Easter egg roll was moved to the White House in 1887 by President Rutherford B. Hayes after Congress ended the tradition at its first location, the US Capitol, two years earlier.  The roll was also canceled during World War II under FDR’s presidency, but was revived during the Eisenhower administration, and, for the first time, open to African-American children.

The White House Easter Egg Roll
South Lawn of the White House
Ellipse Visitor Pavilion – 15th and E Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 24-hour information line – 202-456-7041

Date and Time – Monday, April 9th from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Tickets – The National Park Service will distribute free tickets beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7 with small allotment of additional tickets at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, April 9. The tickets (limited to 5 per person), which are timed for entrance, will be distributed on a first-come basis.

If you can’t get tickets, check out another option for the kids.

Requirements – Every person must have a ticket and children of all ages are welcome to attend, however, there must be at least one child under eight years old and no more than two adults per group.

Nearest Metro subway station – Farragut West – Blue line, then a 4-block walk.

Photo credits: Child egg rolling – Flickr  __________________________________________________________

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