2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Cutting Ceremony
The 2013 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was harvested on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013, in the Colville National Forest.
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Folks gathered in front of the semi truck that will transport the U.S.Capitol Christmas Tree during the cutting ceremony in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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Kalispell tribe member Johnny Arlee took in the site of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree before the blessing in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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“We’re witnessing a historical event,” said Goff Daily of Spokane as he held his nine-month-old son Sean near the bonfire at the site of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree cutting in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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Crowds gathered as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lowered onto the truck in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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Crowds gathered as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lowered onto the truck in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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Crowds gathered as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lowered onto the semi truck in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was lowered onto the semi truck in the Colville National Forest in Usk, Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013.
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