White House Easter Egg Roll
Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes hosted the first public White House Easter Egg roll on the south lawn in 1878 after Congress passed a bill banning using Capitol Hill as a playground. For the people!
↓ Transcript
Panel 1:
Rutherford B. Hayes is speaking on the White House south lawn.
Hayes: "I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress."
Panel 2:
Hayes: "But I am content to abide the judgment—the sober second thought—of the people."
Panel 3:
Lucy Webb Hayes: "Rutherford, are you ready for the Easter Egg Roll?"
Hayes, now dressed as a giant Easter Bunny: "I am an officer fit for duty!"
Rutherford B. Hayes is speaking on the White House south lawn.
Hayes: "I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress."
Panel 2:
Hayes: "But I am content to abide the judgment—the sober second thought—of the people."
Panel 3:
Lucy Webb Hayes: "Rutherford, are you ready for the Easter Egg Roll?"
Hayes, now dressed as a giant Easter Bunny: "I am an officer fit for duty!"
