White House Announces Easter Egg Roll Ticket Process
March 23, 2009
BREAKING: The White House announced today its process for public tickets to the annual Easter Egg Roll to be held on April 13 from 8 a.m to 5 p.m on the South Lawn: For the first time, tickets for the Easter Egg Roll will be distributed online so that more children and families from across the United States have the opportunity to experience this event. Tickets will no longer be distributed on the Ellipse the weekend before the event. Tickets and more information about the ticketing process will be available through www.whitehouse.gov/eastereggroll beginning on Thursday, March 26th. This year’s theme, ‘Let’s go play’, encourages America’s youth to lead healthy and active lives. The White House will open the South Lawn to children age ten and under, along with their families, to enjoy sports, cooking classes, live musical performances, storytelling and the traditional Easter egg roll. All guests will enter the event from the Ellipse and will go through a security screening process. For the most up-to-date information on the Easter Egg Roll and other public events at the White House, please call the Visitors Office 24-hour information line at (202) 456-7041. Media details will be released in the coming weeks. In previous years, gay and lesbian parents attending the Easter Egg Roll have worked with the Family Equality Council to don rainbow Hawaiian leis to register their participation and increase their visibility during the annual event. Watch a video of news coverage on gay and lesbian families taking part in the Easter Egg Roll in 2006:
