Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump Welcomed tens of thousands of people on Monday White House Easter Easter RollSaying that the covered time meant that no one would have to worry about burning the sun. He thanked the National Park Service for his appearance “Spiffy”.
More than 40,000 people had to participate, he said.
“Happy Easter to everyone,” said the president, flanked on the balcony of the White House by his wife, the first lady Melania Trumpand a Easter rabbit mascot. “It was a beautiful day yesterday, and it’s a beautiful day today. We don’t have to worry about sunburn but … it looks like it is not going to rain.”
The president and the first lady visited the area of the egg rolls, where he whistled a whistle with the presidential seal to start a few races. They also spent time in a station where the children wrote cards to the military. Melania Trump later read “Bunny With A Big Heart” in a reading area. It is the story of a forgetful rabbit who is injured, must stay in bed and learns to be nicer with his family.
The children brandishing wooden spoons clashed to guide the hard -dyed hard, blue, yellow and green eggs through a lawn of lawn to a finish line. In some cases, eggs have been lubbed in the air instead of driving through the grass, and at least a wooden spoon went to fly in the air.
The participants understood some of Trump’s grandchildren – his son Don Jr.’s children.
In a special station promoting next year 250th anniversary of the American FoundationChildren and their families could sign a mini independence or disguise themselves as founding fathers. The one -day event presented several activity stations, live performances and hours of history.
Trump thanked a “special thank you” to his wife for his work to organize the annual event.
“I also want to thank the National Park Service,” he said. “The work they do to make everything so beautiful and Spiffy, and I am very difficult with regard to this. I will tell you, very very difficult.
The American Egg Board, who has participated in the roller of Easter eggs for almost 50 years and is a main sponsor in the last decade, has donated 30,000 eggs that have been such as the staff of the Board of Directors and Volunteers, said Emily Metz, president and chief executive officer of the board of directors.
She said that the board of directors includes the frustration felt by egg producers and consumers on the shortage of eggs caused by the spread of avian flu and How much it has become expensive to buy a dozen.
Metz said that the 2,500 dozen eggs given to the White House were small and medium, the sizes not generally sold by retailers, they will therefore not filter the offer or will not contribute to even higher prices. Nearly 9 million dozen eggs are sold daily in the United States, she said.
“We have the impression that we have to take a moment to celebrate where we can, and you cannot have Easter without eggs. And you cannot have the roller of Easter eggs from the White House without real eggs“Said Metz in an interview.
Trump also included subjects that did not have much to do with Easter in his brief remarks, such as recruitment gains for soldiers and police and fire services. He also declared that religion “reviewed in America”.
The egg roll is one of the oldest traditions in the White House. It dates from 1878 and The presidency of Rutherford B. HayesWho opened the lawn to the children after the congress prohibited them from rolling eggs on the field of the Capitol.
Monday event tickets were distributed in a lottery.
