April 10, 2023
With few exceptions, the president of the United States has hosted an Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn since 1878. Harry Truman canceled the event for several years because he didn’t want to appear to waste food amid post-World War II shortages.
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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Easter is the principal festival of the Christian church, a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. So where do the colored eggs fit in? The egg was a widely used premodern and pre-Christian symbol of fertility and restoration. European “Pagans” (a
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