'Stars in Stripes'
The National Christmas Tree
White House Grounds,
Washington, DC,
December, 2001
An Original Photographic
by mkrause381@gmail.com
or mkrause54@yahoo.com
December, 2001.
On Saturday, February 18, 2011, the US lost The National Christmas Tree in a wind storm. The most recent National Christmas Tree stood on the Ellipse south of the White House since 1978. The 42-foot Colorado Blue Spruce was the gift of a couple from York, Pennsylvania.
President Calvin Coolidge lit the 1st National Christmas Tree in 1920.
The National Christmas Tree pictured above was decorated with stars in vertical stripes for Christmas, December, 2001.
Addendum: (March 22, 2011) A new National Christmas Tree, a 26-foot Colorado Blue Spruce from a New Jersey nursery, was planted on the Ellipse by The National Park Service on Saturday March 19, 2011. (Fredericksburg, VA 'The Free Lance-Star', 3-20-2011.)
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Graphic: An Original Photographic of 'Stars in Stripes', The National Christmas Tree, on the White House Grounds, decorated with Stars in vertical Stripes for Christmas, December, 2001, by mkrause381@gmail.com or mkrause54@yahoo.com.
