The 2020 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting took place Wednesday, Dec. 2, on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The tree was transported by Colorado-based Apex Transportation with a Kenworth T680 from Colorado to Washington, D.C. Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and others spoke at a lighting ceremony for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree – an Engelmann Spruce from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado.
Below, see photos of the two Apex Transportation drivers – William ‘Butch’ Hanna and Theron Schmalzried – and some of the stops they made along the 10-day journey from Colorado to the nation’s capital.
Scenes from last year’s New Mexico-D.C. run’s stop in Nashville, Tennessee:
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