Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 3, DeMotte, Jasper County, 5 December 1940 — National Christmas Tree Scene of Annual Service [ARTICLE]

National Christmas Tree Scene of Annual Service

The United States has a national Christmas tree! It is not a spruce, fir or hemlock, but a giant (sequoia which stands more than 267 feet high. The tree is located in General Grant National park, 64 miles east of Fresno, Calif. Devotional and patriotic services held beneath the tree each year since it was selected in 1925 are broadcast over a nationwide network.