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White House Egg Roll Goes High-Tech

April 12, 2009

easteregg.jpgThe White House's annual Easter Egg Roll on Monday is going high-tech. For the first time, tickets were distributed online, allowing families from across the country to attend the annual tradition. Plus many of the activities at this year's event will be webcast live on WhiteHouse.gov -- another first for the Obama administration. Some of the fun streamed via the Web will include performances on the music stage, celebrity chefs in the Kid's Kitchen and the readings at the Storytime Stage. A full schedule of webcast events will be updated here. Over 30,000 people from 45 states and the District of Columbia will attend the Easter Egg Roll. Meanwhile, the 2009 souvenir Easter egg is the greenest egg in history. It was made in the United States from Forest Stewardship Council certified hardwood, which means the wood comes from environmentally and socially sustainably managed forests.

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