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By Kathleen Litchfield
Special to the Rappahannock News
What began as an intensive hobby for Cindy Arbelbide evolved into the first children’s book ever published by the White House Historical Association.
Arbelbide, the new assistant librarian at Rappahannock County Library, has long loved researching presidential history.
So when she received a telephone call from the editorial director of the White House Historical Association, she leapt at the opportunity to participate in a children’s book project.
The culmination of that project, “The White House Easter Egg Roll,” was published in 1997. The book chronicles the history and annual revelry of the national egg-rolling event which began in 1878.
It has drawn thousands ofchildren and adults to the South Lawn of the White House each year, on the Monday after Easter Sunday.
“With the blessings of President Rutherford B. and Mrs. Hayes, the children turned the White House South Lawn into their personal playground,” reads the text on the White House web site, which publicizes the national event.
“Only during the two World Wars, and an
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