Easter Egg Roll at White House Gets Assist From Bush
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WASHINGTON — Vice President George Bush, accompanied by his wife, Barbara, and five grandchildren, joined thousands of Easter celebrants at the annual Easter Egg Roll today on the White House grounds.
The smiling GOP presidential nominee-apparent arrived a couple of hours after the South Lawn gates opened at 10 a.m. He blew a whistle to start one of the egg-rolling races, announcing: “All right, kids, here we go.”
Bush was filling in for the vacationing President Reagan and the First Lady.
The threat of rain made no impression on the thousands of visitors. Children in their Easter finery and the red, purple, yellow and blue balloons leaving their hands splashed color across the green lawns.
Ursula Meese, wife of embattled Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III, wore her annual Easter bunny costume and joined familiar cartoon characters to roam the grounds.
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