Live: April 17 at 10:30 AM - White House Easter Egg Roll

[Donkees]

Last edited Mon Apr 17, 2017, 02:41 PM - Edit history (2)

Scheduled for Apr 17, 2017
The White House

[world wide wally]

1. Too busy golfing today?

[onecaliberal]

2. But but what about the children

[world wide wally]

4. Let them pay their own greens fees

[Donkees]

3. It's an Easter Monday tradition

[Donkees]

5. How the White House Easter Egg Roll became one of the oldest White House traditions in history

[font size="5"]President Hayes started the widely successful White House tradition in 1878 after Congress banned children from rolling their eggs on Capitol Hill. The Evening Star reported, “Driven out of the Capitol grounds, the children advanced on the White House grounds to-day and rolled eggs down the terraces back of the Mansion, and played among the shrubbery to their heart’s content.”[/font]




[font size="5"]The children loved rolling their eggs and themselves down the “Jefferson Mounds” on the South Lawn originally landscaped by President Thomas Jefferson himself.[/font]

http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-easter-egg-roll-white-house-traditions-in-history-2017-4/

[WePurrsevere]

6. Are the traditional WH Easter egg rolls...

normally on a Monday after Easter? That just seems like a pretty poor choice for a day to do it even if the kids are out of school.

[Donkees]

7. Yes, 'Easter Monday' is a holiday in several countries, and probably meant more in the U.S.

at one time than it does today.

Easter Monday in the United States

Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday. It is not a federal holiday in the United States of America (USA). Some Easter traditions continue on the Easter Monday, such as the egg rolling race at the White House. Most aspects of public life are not any different to any other Monday. Public transit systems usually run their regular Monday schedule in many parts of the United States.

Though not largely observed in the United States, the day remains informally observed in some areas such as the state of North Dakota, where there is no school on Easter Monday, and some cities. Easter Monday was a public holiday in North Carolina from 1935 to 1987. Traditionally Polish-influenced areas such as Chicago observe Dyngus Day as well.

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/easter-monday

[WePurrsevere]

8. Interesting. I don't remember hearing of it before...

But I may have years ago and just filed it to deep to access.

I know that the week after Easter is still often Spring break for school kids around here (NY) but I was thinking parents might not have it off so it would be harder to take their kids to it.

[Scarsdale]

9. Not to worry

I am sure first "lady" Ivanka will be there, with her kids. Maybe Don. Jr. will bring his brood along. Of course Don the Con will show up, wearing an ill fitting suit, or overcoat. He seems to think nobody notices that he is a tub of lard.

[elleng]

10. SIGNING people up for Easter Egg Roll.