The White House egg roll has been an Easter custom since 1878. Here’s a glance again at a number of a long time of the occasion.
Photos: A glance again at previous White House Easter egg rolls
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt surrounded by Secret Service brokers and White House police on the Annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House, March 25, 1940. (AP Photo)
All dressed up for the Easter egg roll on the garden of the White House in Washington, Hazel Johnson, 2, left, and her sister Bunny, 4, put on Dutch costumes full with picket clogs, April 7, 1953. Their gaily adorned large basket wheelbarrow was made by their dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Johansen of Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
Children take part on the White House annual Easter egg roll in Washington, April 19, 1954. Children had been admitted freely, and adults provided that accompanied by youngsters. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
This is egg rolling day on the White House grounds, however these kids, on the urging of photographers, discover throwing the eggs is extra enjoyable, April 2, 1956. There actually is not a great hill to roll eggs and many of the guests this Easter Monday simply stand round or sit on the grass within the sunshine. (AP Photo/William J. Smith)
Patricia Webber, left, and her twin, Paula, of Sumter, S.C., National Easter Seal twins, have a homosexual time visiting President John Kennedy on the White House on March 2, 1961 in Washington. They gave the President a sheet of seals and Easter baskets for his youngsters. From left are Seal Chairman Art Linkletter; Kennedy; Joseph J. Foss, President of the Society for crippled Children and Adults. (AP Photo/HWG)
Tricia Nixon walks the White House grounds March 27, 1970 with a few Springtime mates – circus clown Bobby Kay and the Easter Bunny, a White House staffer who prefers to stay nameless. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs)
President Jimmy Carter greets the Easter Bunny previous to his departure for a weekend at Camp David in Washington March 22, 1978. Inside the rabbit go well with is Louise Dolan, who wore the go well with to the departure as a gag. Mrs Rosalynn Carter is chatting with Suzy Kerr who works with Dolan within the White House. (AP Photo/Jeff Taylor)
President Jimmy Carter and first girl Rosalynn mingle with a crowd in the course of the Annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on April 6, 1980. The president got here out to shake arms after a gathering with National Security Council wherein he’s reported, by a excessive Administration official, to have determined to ask all Iranian diplomats to go away the U.S. Across the road from the White House Iranian college students demonstrated in opposition to the president and the U.S. insurance policies towards Iran. (AP Photo)
U.S. Vice President George H. Bush greeted by cartoon characters firstly of the annual Easter egg roll on the White House, April 8, 1985 in Washington. (AP Photo)
Vice-President George Bush, attends the annual White House Easter Egg roll, Monday, April 20, 1987 in Washington on the South Lawn of the White House. Some 37,000 folks attended the 109th Easter Egg roll. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Vice-President George Bush, his spouse Barbara with six-year-old twin granddaughter Jenna, left, and Barbara and grandson Pierce, 2, behind, stand on the White House grounds, Monday, April 4, 1988 in Washington with the Easter Bunny in the course of the annual Easter Egg Roll. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
U.S. President George H. Bush and his granddaughter, Marshall, are greeted by a few outsized bunnies and several other hundred youngsters in the course of the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House South garden, Monday, April 16, 1990 in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
President Bill Clinton greets among the lots of of children that crowded the White House garden for the annual Easter egg roll in Washington on April 12, 1993. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
President Bill Clinton handles the beginning whistling and first girl Hillary Rodham Clinton handles cheer main chores in the course of the annual Easter egg roll on the White House garden in Washington, April 12, 1993. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bill Clinton and first girl Hillary Rodham Clinton, together with an Easter bunny, watch over the opening of the annual White House Easter egg roll on the White House in Washington, April 17, 1995. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Children in rain ponchos courageous the pouring rain to participate within the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday March 28, 2005, on the White House. Officials canceled occasion later as a result of inclement climate. President Hayes formally opened the White House grounds to native youngsters for egg rolling on Easter Monday in 1878. Successive Presidents have continued the custom of inviting youngsters to the South Lawn for egg rolling. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Families courageous the rain to participate within the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday March 28, 2005, on the White House. Officials later closed the occasion as a result of inclement climate.President Hayes formally opened the White House grounds to native youngsters for egg rolling on Easter Monday in 1878. Successive Presidents have continued the custom of inviting youngsters to the South Lawn for egg rolling. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Families and animal charactors courageous the rain to participate within the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 28, 2005, on the White House. Later within the morning the White House canceled the occasion as a result of inclement climate. President Hayes formally opened the White House grounds to native youngsters for egg rolling on Easter Monday in 1878. Successive Presidents have continued the custom of inviting youngsters to the South Lawn for egg rolling. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Sue Lucarelli, proper, and her accomplice Gini Casasco, left, stroll with their daughter Alexandria Casasco-Lucarelli, heart, to attend the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll, close to the White House, Monday, April 17, 2006, in Washington. More than 10,000 folks had been anticipated all through the day, together with lots of of homosexual and lesbian dad and mom who lined up for first-come-first-served entrance tickets over the weekend. The rainbow coloured leis symbolize households with identical intercourse companions. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
President Bush holds Benjamin Favela in the course of the annual Easter Egg Roll in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2006.The egg roll has been held on the White House since 1878, after a stint on the Capitol grounds. Thousands waited in lengthy traces for the free tickets. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
First girl Laura Bush, flanked by Easter bunnies makes remarks in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 9, 2007, on the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
First girl Laura Bush, left, daughter Jenna Bush, proper, accompanied by PBS’ Arthur, learn to the youngsters on the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, on the South Lawn on the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush listens at left, as The Jonas Brothers sing the National Anthem, Monday, March 24, 2008, firstly of the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
President Bush hugs an individual dressed because the Easter bunny firstly of the annual Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, overlooking the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Washington Nationals baseball workforce mascots on the White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, March 24, 2008, on the South Lawn on the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Barack Obama talks with three-year-old Patrick Jackson earlier than the beginning of the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his spouse Jill, introduces the Easter Bunny, Monday, April 13, 2009, in the course of the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Barack Obama and first girl Michelle Obama, with daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, and their grandmother Marian Robinson, stand as Fergie sings the National Anthem to open the annual Easter Egg Roll festivities on the White House in Washington, Monday, April 13, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Barack Obama jokingly acts like he’s talking within the ear of the Easter Bunny after his microphone did not work as he attended the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Author J.Ok. Rowling reads Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on the annual White House Easter Egg Roll hosted by President Barack Obama on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
First girl Michelle Obama and daughter Malia take pleasure in a efficiency by Glee on the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 5, 2010, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama, accompanied by first girl Michelle Obama and daughter Malia Obama, reads “Green Eggs and Ham”, as they hosted the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 5, 2010, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
First girl Michelle Obama joins chef Jacques Pepin, proper, NBC Today present host Al Roker, far left, and TV speak present host Kelly Ripa, at a healthful cooking exhibit in the course of the Easter Egg Roll festivities on the White House in Washington, Monday, April 25, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Barack Obama does pushups in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Monday, April 9, 2012, on the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Guests take part in actions in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump and the Easter Bunny stand collectively on the Truman Balcony on the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018, in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Donald Trump and first girl Melania Trump blow whistles to begin a race on the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
First girl Melania Trump reads from the e book “You!” By Sandra Magsamen on the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018, in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Guests decide up free eggs on the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Children hunt for Easter eggs on the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Children play in the course of the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Wooden Easter eggs sit in a field on the White House ready to be delivered to organizations within the space Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. With the annual White House Easter Egg Roll canceled as a result of considerations about giant gatherings in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, first girl Melania Trump is giving 25,000 commemorative Easter eggs to space youngsters’s hospitals, federal businesses, help teams and grocery retailer chains. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Joe Biden seems with first girl Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the Blue Room balcony on the White House, Monday, April 5, 2021, in Washington. The annual Easter egg Roll on the White House was canceled because of the ongoing pandemic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)