USCHS Hangs Ornament on Capitol Christmas Tree

The 2019 Capitol Christmas Tree

The United States Capitol Historical Society (USCHS) hung one of its acclaimed marble ornaments on the Capitol Christmas Tree on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 ahead of the 55th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. The earliest record of a Christmas Tree in the Capitol Complex dates from 1919, but the process was not formalized until Speaker of […]

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