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Egg roll at the White House lawn, 1929
Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game with Easter eggs. Different nations have different versions of the game, usually done with colored eggs.

United States

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The Reagans at the 1982 White House Easter Egg Roll.
In the United States, the Easter Egg Roll has become a much-loved annual event, and is held on the White House lawn each Easter Monday for children and their parents. The Egg Roll itself is a race, where children run in parallel lanes, pushing an egg through the grass with a long-handled spoon. Surrounding events, such as appearances by White House personalities in Easter Bunny costumes, speeches and book-reading by Cabinet secretaries, and exhibits of artistically-decorated eggs, make the day into a bigger festival.

Lucy Webb Hayes created the event, and thus, President Hayes was the first to host the Easter Egg Roll for children on the White House lawn. The original site was on the grounds of the United States Capitol. Congress ended the tradition after a particularly active Easter Egg Roll in 1876. At the request of several children, President Hayes brought the event to the White House in 1878.

The practice was abandoned during Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, and revived by Mamie Eisenhower during her husband's term in office. Mrs. Eisenhower opened the event to black children for the first time.

United Kingdom

At Easter in the United Kingdom, some people roll hard-boiled (and usually painted) eggs down steep hills. Like the American version, this is primarily a childrens' activity, though it is not usually an organised event. Each child will paint an egg before going to the hill (perhaps as part of an after-lunch walk) and a winner is typically nominated based on which egg gets furthest before breaking up. There may also be some kind of competition for the best-decorated egg.

Britain also has a tradition somewhat similar to the American egg-roll described above, though the egg and spoon race is not particularly associated with Easter.

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