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Trump and the First Lady Participate in the 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll

April 6, 2026 · The White House · 1:15:40

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What happened

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted the 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 6, 2026, arriving with the Easter Bunny to the national anthem. “Today is a very special day. It’s a day where we celebrate Jesus. It’s a day where we celebrate religion and it’s an honor to be the president of the United States,” the President said. The First Lady told the crowd: “Happy Easter Monday. I hope you enjoy this beautiful day. We are celebrating a very special Easter egg roll this year because it’s 250th birthday of this beautiful nation. Enjoy it.”

The President thanked the egg farmers and associations behind the event and put the day’s expected attendance on the record: “We think we could have 50,000 people coming all day long. It’s open and they expect between 30 and 50,000 people.” He closed his opening remarks: “Most importantly, I want to just say happy Easter and God bless America. We have the greatest country on earth.”

Why it matters

The Easter Egg Roll is the White House’s oldest public tradition, and the 2026 edition doubled as an early marker of the nation’s 250th-birthday year — a ceremonial page recorded on the Elections & Governance hub alongside this chronicle’s other White House tradition events.

Scoreboard watch

The attendance figure as stated by the President (30,000 to 50,000 expected across the day) is recorded here as the event’s checkable measure.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump and the First Lady Participate in the 2026 White House Easter Egg Roll,” The White House, April 6, 2026 (official upload, embedded above). All characterizations as stated by the President and the First Lady at the event.