Every year, on the Monday following Easter Sunday, the White House opens up the South Lawn to crowds of children and their parents for the annual Easter Egg Roll.
Beginning in the 1870s, children rolled their Easter eggs down a hill at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
While the main attraction may be the Roll itself—children push the eggs down a hill with spoons, a tradition begun in 1974 with spoons from the White House kitchen—in recent years, the lawn was packed with other activity stations.
This year, the Isaac Meier Homestead will be joining in the tradition of egg rolling at the Homestead on Saturday, April 12 with sign-up beginning at 12:30 and egg rolling starting at 1 PM.
Rules/Guidelines:
Age groups are 2-3; 4-5; 6-7; 8-9; 10-11 & 12-13 years
There will be 20 spots for each age group. Your child must be present to sign up.
The children from each age group will go home with their wooden egg.
We will have a 1st place basket for each age group.
There are no early sign ups.
You can only sign up children in your immediate family.
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