Lynden Transport, which is moving the Christmas tree, will be in Renton on Nov. 6.
RENTON, Wash. — The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is passing through western Washington this week on its journey to the East Coast, and a local company is behind the wheel.
Lynden Transport, which was founded in Whatcom County, has the job of moving the Christmas tree from Alaska to the West Lawn of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The 74-foot Sitka spruce left Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska last week. Alaska Marine Lines transported the tree on a barge to Seattle, where Lynden Transport will take the
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