The tree will arrive in Paducah Monday, November 21, as it travels from the Payette National Forest in Idaho to the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
To commemorate the tree's arrival, Paducah Power plans to have their opening ceremony that evening to turn on the Noble Park Christmas lights.
The next morning, Tuesday the 22nd, Paducah Parks plans to have another event showcasing the tree, and people can sign a banner from 9 - 11 am, before the tree and its entourage heads for an evening stop at Nashville's Opry Mills shopping center.
This year's 80-foot Engelmann spruce will be cut on Nov. 2 near McCall, Idaho.
The Capitol tree has been provided for almost 50 years by the U.S. Forest Service. Paducah's proximity to two U.S. Forest Service units — the Shawnee National Forest and Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area — gave the city the chance to host the tree.
