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Every year, a different national forest is selected to provide a tree to appear on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol building for the holiday season. The 2024 tree will be coming from Alaska’s National Forests!
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree – known as “The People’s Tree,” reflecting the nickname for the U.S. House of Representatives, “The People’s House” – adorns the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and has been selected each year since 1970 from a different National Forest.
Staff from the Architect of the Capitol chose a 63-foot Norway spruce from the Greenbrier Ranger District and Randolph County to serve as the 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree this holiday season. The Shawnee Tribe has named the tree “wa’feem’tekwi”.
The tradition of the Capitol Christmas Tree, or “The People’s Tree,” began in 1964 when Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John W. McCormack (D-MA) placed a live Christmas tree on the Capitol lawn. This tree lived three years before succumbing to wind and root damage.
After almost a year of planning, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, a 78-foot red spruce affectionately called “Ruby,” will be harvested from the Pisgah National Forest in a virtual ceremony on Nov. 2, 2022, at 11 AM.
Join us along the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree’s 4,000-mile journey from Wrangell, Alaska, to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building! Sunday, Nov. 10 – Grand Junction, Colo. Cabela’s (2424 US-6) Time: 3 to 5 p.m.
The Capitol Christmas Tree – known as “The People’s Tree” – lights up the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol during the holiday season and is selected from a different national forest each year. This year, the tree will come from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest.
After almost a year of planning, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, a 78-foot red spruce affectionately called “Ruby,” will be harvested from the Pisgah National Forest in a virtual ceremony on Nov. 2, 2022, at 11 AM.
Every year the USDA Forest Service provides a tree from one of the country’s 154 national forests for display on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for the holiday season. Visit our About page for more information about this tradition.
Alaska’s National Forests announce the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Whistlestop Tour from Alaska to Washington, D.C. October 4, 2024.