Editing Easter egg (section)

=== Egg rolling ===
[[Egg rolling]] is also a traditional Easter Egg game played with eggs at Easter. In the United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries children traditionally rolled eggs down hillsides at Easter.<ref name="inventors">{{cite web |url=http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/easter_2.htm |title=Easter Eggs - Egg Rolling |publisher=Inventors.about.com |date=2012-04-09 |access-date=2012-09-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713182412/http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/easter_2.htm|archive-date=13 July 2012}}</ref> This tradition was taken to the [[New World]] by European settlers,<ref name="inventors"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wyrdology.com/festivals/easter/egg-rolling.html|title=Easter Eggs: their origins, tradition and symbolism|publisher=Wyrdology.com|access-date=2008-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517013408/http://www.wyrdology.com/festivals/easter/egg-rolling.html|archive-date=2008-05-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> and continues to this day each Easter with an [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn. [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] started the tradition of the Easter Egg Roll at the White House.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/WH/glimpse/Easter/ |title=History of the White House Easter Egg Roll |access-date=2022-11-20 |archive-date=2022-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120173831/https://clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov/WH/glimpse/Easter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Easter Monday Egg Roll was normally held at the United States Capitol, however, by the mid-1870s, Congress passed a law forbidding the Capitol's grounds to be used for the activity due to the toll it was taking on the landscape.<ref name="auto"/> The law was enforced in 1877, but the rain that year canceled all outdoor activities.<ref name="auto"/> In 1878, Hayes was approached by many young Easter Egg rollers who asked for the event to be held at the White House.<ref name="auto"/> He invited any children who wanted to roll eggs to come to the White House in order to do so. The tradition still occurs every year on the South Lawn of the White House. Now, there are many other games and activities that take place such as "Egg Picking" and "Egg Ball".<ref name="auto"/> Different nations have different versions of the Easter Egg roll game.