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		</div><p>President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcomed thousands of children to the South Lawn of the White House today for the final Easter Egg Roll of his presidency.</p>
<p>The egg rolling began in 1878. Now the event includes storytelling, musical performances and tips from professional athletes on how to play basketball, tennis and other sports.</p>
<p>There are even cooking demonstrations and yoga. This year, the first lady added a fun run to the mix.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to be running around the White House with a bunch of kids and any adults who feel like they can hang,&#8221; the first lady told the crowd as the president jokingly signalled in the background that the run was not for him.</p>
<p>The Obamas spoke from a balcony that overlooks the lawn with dogs Bo and Sunny and the Easter Bunny at their side. They then went out into the crowd for some hands-on play.</p>
<p>The president read the children&#8217;s book, Where The Wild Things Are, a classic from 1963, and the Obamas acted some of the story out, marching enthusiastically with the children as he read the line &#8220;let the wild rumpus start!&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Obama could not resist heading to the basketball court, giving out hugs and handing balls to kids.</p>
<p>He missed his shot as retired NBA players Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Jason Collins looked on.</p>
<p>The president also tried his hand at tennis, lobbing a bright orange and yellow ball back and forth with a young woman.</p>
<p>Then he switched to doubles, teaming up with a boy in a bright green shirt as his playing partner.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-83.jpeg" rel="attachment wp-att-88134"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-83-300x163.jpeg" alt="Capitol Hill" width="300" height="163" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-88134" /></a></p>
<p>More than 35,000 people received tickets that allow them to walk on the South Lawn of the White House, rain or shine.</p>
<p>Fortunately, the sun broke through mid-morning after a night of scattered rain showers.</p>
<p>In the afternoon, the White House was on a heightened security alert after a gunman fired shots in the US Capitol complex.</p>
<p>The Secret Service took a routine, precautionary measure of closing the north and south fence lines of the White House complex, but activities on the South Lawn continued as normal.</p>
<p>The theme of this year&#8217;s event is Let&#8217;s Celebrate.</p>
<p>The first lady said she wanted to celebrate families and the nation in what will be the couple&#8217;s last Easter in office.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s our diversity. It&#8217;s our values,&#8221; the first lady said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what makes us strong.&#8221;</p>
<p>The fun run is intended to highlight the first lady&#8217;s Let&#8217;s Move! initiative, which focuses on reducing childhood obesity.</p>
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