Friday, April 15, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt

Governor Lynch and the First Lady will be hosting the Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday April 16 on the Bridges House lawn, 21 Mountain Road, East Concord.  The event starts at 11 a.m. and the hunt happens rain or shine.

Interested in the origins of this tradition? Read this article from the Point-of-View database-  
The Easter Bunny 101: Christian festival includes a basket of pagan traditions, symbols by Jeff Brumley

Another good source for Easter traditions around the world is the Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, an eBook included in Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale can be accessed from the Library's database page.