Lancaster County farm provides eggs for annual White House Easter Egg Roll

George Stockburger
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LITITZ, Pa. (WHTM) – When tens of thousands of people descend on Pennsylvania Avenue for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, they’ll be using eggs from a Lancaster County farm.

American Egg Board says Sauder’s Eggs of Lititz is one of two farms providing more than 64,000 eggs for activities including the egg roll, egg hunting, decoration, and food served to attendees.

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Sauder’s Eggs began in the 1930s when Frank Sauder started selling produce to Philadelphia residents. The company now sells approximately 1.5 billion eggs annually.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, a teacher for more than 30 years, is transforming an annual tradition first held in 1878 into an “EGG-ucational” experience. Various stations on the South Lawn and Ellipse will help children learn about farming, healthier eating, exercise and more, the White House announced Thursday.

They’ll still get to coax hard-boiled eggs across the lawn to a finish line.

A large schoolhouse set up on the South Lawn will offer kids activities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, such as making circuit-breakers or simulating a fossil dig. The kids will also have the opportunity to write notes to U.S. troops and first responders with Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit organization.

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Guests include thousands of military and veteran families, their caregivers and survivors. Members of the general public claimed tickets through an online lottery. They will be admitted in nine waves, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday’s “egg-stravaganza” will be the third Easter egg roll hosted by President Joe Biden and the first lady, who still teaches English and writing at a northern Virginia community college. They did not host the event in 2021, Biden’s first year in office, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The White House Easter Egg Roll dates to 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House lawn to children after they were kicked off the grounds of the U.S. Capitol.

More than 40,000 people were expected to attend Monday’s event.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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