Easter Egg Roll at the White House South Lawn today - was held although it ended several hours earilier than planned due the heavy rain the DC area is experiencing.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige, left, kicks off the annual Easter Egg roll at the White House, Monday, April 12, 2004. Paige kicked off this year's egg roll, standing in for President Bush.
Kids participate in a rain-soaked Easter Egg Roll event on the South Lawn of the White House, April 12, 2004. The annual event, which started in 1878, normally attracts a crowd of about 40,000 but the event was closed to the public last year and limited to military personnel and their families.
The annual White House Easter egg roll normally draws a crowd of about 40,000, but with the bad weather, a much smaller crowd showed up at the annual event, Monday, April 12, 2004. Hundreds of children scampered around the South Lawn of the White House Monday, hugging stuffed bunnies and rolling colored eggs across the soggy grass in an annual ritual that dates to the late 1870s when Rutherford B. Hayes was president.
Just for grins and giggles, and while we're on the subject of Easter eggs - Eggs-a-plenty : A woman hangs hand-painted Easter eggs on an 'Easter tree' at the Dresden Zoo.
