National Tree Trucking Our Way
In a 50-year tradition, the Christmas tree that shines throughout December on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol is cut in one of the nation’s states.
This year’s Capitol Christmas Tree, a whopping 88-foot white spruce, was cut in Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest on Oct. 29. Followed by a caravan of caretakers, it will make more that 30 celebratory stops on its 2,000-mile truck journey to Washington, D.C. It is carried by a Kenworth Truck Company T880, assembled for the honor in Chillicothe, Ohio.
This week it visits 11 communities in Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan.
Early Nov. 21, it arrives at the Capitol, where it will be strung with tens of thousands of lights and bedecked with 10,000 ornaments made by Minnesotans, from school children to artists.
On Dec. 2 at 5pm, House Speaker John Boehner turns on the lights.
Follow its daily progress at http://track.capitolchristmastree.com.