He thanked the National Park Service for how “spiffy” everything looked.
More than 40,000 people were expected to participate, he said.
President Donald Trump sits with children at one of the activity stations at the White House (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
“Happy Easter to everyone,” the president said, flanked on the White House balcony by his wife, first lady Melania Trump, and an Easter bunny 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’s not going to be raining.”
The president and first lady visited the egg roll area, where he blew a gold-tone whistle stamped with the presidential seal to start a few races. They also spent time at a station where children wrote cards to service members.
Melania Trump later read Bunny with a Big Heart – a story about a forgetful rabbit who gets injured, must stay in bed and learns to be kinder to his family – at the reading area.
Wooden spoon-wielding children competed against each other to guide hard-boiled eggs dyed pink, blue, yellow and green across a patch of the lawn to a finish line.
In some cases, eggs were lobbed into the air instead of rolled across the grass, and at least one wooden spoon went flying through the air.
The participants included some of Mr Trump’s grandchildren — ...
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