Thousands Gather At State Capitol To See Tree Bound For U.S. Capitol

Marching bands from several Charleston-area high schools led the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree in front of the state Capitol Tuesday evening. Thousands turned out on the warm day to see the 63-foot Norway spruce, headed for the nation’s capital in a tradition that goes back more than 50 years. West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest supplied this year’s tree. It’s the third time that’s happened since the Architect of the Capitol in Washington first asked the U.S. Forest Service to provide a tree in 1970. The U.S. Capitol tree came from...