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Easter Egg Roll Significant Dates - White House Historical Association  April 29, 1876  President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation protecting the public turf ... April 22, 1878 - The first annual White House Easter Egg Roll was held after ... Own," to play lively tunes while the children romped on the South Lawn. .... with a smaller event for children of active duty and reserve military personnel...
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Histories of the National Mall | First White House Easter Egg Roll  First White House Easter Egg Roll, Histories of the National Mall, accessed ... The first official White House Easter Egg Roll was held Monday April 22, 1878. ... Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife Lucy opened the White House lawn to egg rollers. ... White House tradition, and was one of the few events in Washington that was...
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With Easter Monday You Get Egg Roll at the White House, Part 2  Aug 15, 2016 ... Spring 2000, Vol. ... He came out on the southern porch of the White House and ... Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie revived the event in 1953 after a twelve-year absence. ... retitled a composition: "Easter Monday on the White House Lawn. .... "Condensed Locals," Evening Star, Apr. 22, 1878, p.
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List of protest marches on Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia  The following is a list of protest marches on Washington, D.C.. Following a controversy over the ... Most marches and rallies in Washington are one-time events. ... The March for Life is a protest against abortion held on January 22 marking the anniversary of ..... March on the White House against wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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J! Archive - Show #2339, aired 1994-11-03  According to tradition, Romulus founded this city in April 753 B.C. ... This spring event was first held on the White House lawn April 22, 1878...
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Mrs. Taft and the Cherry Blossoms - White House Historical ...  Apr 9, 2015 ... When Helen Herron Taft became the nation's first lady in March 1909, ... A plan was formed and Mrs. Taft selected a site for a bandstand to hold Marine Band ... Ten days later Mrs. Taft's proposal, Potomac Drive, officially opened and ... of the Jefferson Memorial led to objections from local civic groups and...
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History of the White House Easter Egg Roll  The original site of the Easter Monday Egg Roll was the grounds of the ... S. Grant, the majority of egg rolling activity and all day picnics took place at the Capitol. ... about the possibilities of egg rolling on the South Lawn of the White House.
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First Earth Day celebrated April 22, 1970 - POLITICO  Apr 22, 2008 ... China BIT still alive, for now .... First Earth Day celebrated April 22, 1970 ... 04/22/08 04:10 AM EDT ... On this day in 1970, Earth Day, an event aimed at raising public ... the environmental movement and increase ecological awareness ... to employ some 17,200 people with an annual budget of $7.1 billion.
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History of Hoover Ball Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and ...  Herbert Hoover playing Hoover-Ball on the White House lawn, 1933-a28. ... Hoover-ball is a combination of tennis, volleyball and medicine ball. ... The sport was without a name until New York Times Magazine reporter William Atherton DuPuy christened the game "Hoover-ball" for his 1931 article "At the White House at 7...
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April 7 - Historical Events - On This Day  Historical events for the 7th of April. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on April 7.
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April 09, 1962 : Kennedy throws first pitch at new DC ... - History.com  In 1915, Woodrow Wilson became the first president to attend a World Series ... attended games or threw out ceremonial first pitches during their tenures in the...
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Covering the Hudson to the Catskills! - MidHudsonNews.com  Jan 14, 2009 ... West Point cadets to march in inaugural parade ... in the March 4, 1913, parade for President Wilson was then Cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Today in History - April 22 | Library of Congress  Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, when an estimated 20 million people nationwide attended the inaugural event. Senator Gaylord Nelson...
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United States presidential inauguration - Wikipedia  The inauguration of the president of the United States is a ceremonial event marking the .... Washington gave his first address on April 30, 1789, and his second one on ... This March 4 date was changed to January 20 by the Twentieth Amendment to the ... Around or after 12 noon, the president takes the oath of office, usually...
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The Easter Rising begins in Dublin - Apr 24, 1916 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, The Easter Rising begins in Dublin on Apr 24, 1916. ... Around noon on Easter Monday of 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalistsmembers of the ... From the steps of the post office, the rebels declared Ireland an independent .... In total, 311 people lost their lives to twisters during the deadly month of April...
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Putting Green - White House Museum  A putting green was first installed by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1954 with help from the United States Golf Association and private donations. Ike had...
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Spring Tradition | Articles | Ohio Magazine  Since 1878, kids have gathered on the White House lawn the Monday after Easter to roll eggs. The annual event dates back to Ohioan Rutherford B. Hayes' time in office and is celebrated each spring at the former president's Fremont estate. ... the case when Ohio native Rutherford B. Hayes held the nation's highest office.
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First White House of the Confederacy  Feb 9, 2016 ... The house served as the first White House of the Confederacy from February ... the street from the Alabama State Capitol and the Alabama State House. ... of the Confederacy, 644 Washington Ave., Montgomery, Alabama.
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Kennedy throws first pitch at new D.C. stadium - Apr 09, 1962 ...  In 1915, Woodrow Wilson became the first president to attend a World Series game. ... attended games or threw out ceremonial first pitches during their tenures in the ... Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1743 to a minister who died when he was...
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White House Tour - White House Historical Association  Following a competition for the design of the President's House in the spring of 1792 ... the Battle of New Orleans restored national pride and the idea of rebuilding in the ... The plans changed the interior and the functioning of the White House. ... In 1909, President Taft had the West Wing enlarged, adding the first oval office.
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A Brief History of the White House Easter Egg Roll - History in the ...  Mar 25, 2016 ... As the White House readies for the annual Easter Egg Roll, learn how ... On Easter Monday in 1876, upwards of 10,000 children with the day ... They had come to carry on a peculiar holiday tradition that had ... Crowds swelled each year until more than 50,000 people poured across the South Lawn in 1937.