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		August 13, 2020

Documents on the organization and powers of the executive branch, presidential policies, current and past presidents. Search text for presidency Browse Documents on the Court's organization and powers, landmark cases, constitutional law, current and past justices. Search text for Supreme Court Browse Documents on Congress's organization and powers, the legislative process, policy, current and past members. Search text for Congress Browse Documents on the U.S. electoral process, political parties and campaigns, voting rights and trends. Search text for elections Browse   Documents on the U.S. Constitution and the rights and issues it has shaped for over two centuries. Search text for Constitution Browse   The first Easter egg roll was held at the Capitol some time after the Civil War (exact date unknown), but in 1876 Congress chased the children and their Easter eggs off the Capitol grounds to save the grass. Hearing this, Rutherford B. Hayes opened the "President's Park" to the children, and First Lady Lucy Hayes presided over the first annual Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. Her son Scott Russell Hayes took part.  more...

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