Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170416:11:39:00
>> reporter: it's been an annual tradition for well over a century. one of the most lighthearted days of the year at the white house and one of the most crowded. tens of thousands of adults, children, and eggs on the south lawn! the egg roll, itself, is a race. children push eggs across the grass with long handled spoons but this event dates back to the late 1800s when president hayes led a group of kid and let them play easter game on the south lawn and it's happened nearly every year since then except for a break for world war ii and a few rain-outs. first lady pat nixon introduced the white...