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Winds Knock Down National Christmas Tree
NBC 4 TV ^
| 2/19/2011
| Tim Persinko
Posted on 02/19/2011 10:47:17 AM PST by advance_copy
The high winds that have been wreaking havoc around the D.C. region this weekend have toppled a national symbol.
The nation's Christmas Tree, a live evergreen which has stood on the Ellipse since 1978, was toppled by gusting winds on Saturday.
The 42-foot tall Colorado blue spruce has been lit through five different presidencies in its time on the Ellipse. The tree was specially selected by National Park Service horticulturalists, who, searching the country for the healthiest tree with the right proportions, discovered this one in York, Pennsylvania.
Now the tree is laying on its side behind the White House.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: apropo; apropos; christmastree; dc; symbol; symbolic
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This is sad to see.
To: advance_copy
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:49:36 AM PST
by
RnMomof7
To: advance_copy
It was Global Warming & Bush & Sarah Palin’s Harsh Rhetoric.
We didn’t listen.
Trees don’t last forever poster, it’ll be OK.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:49:47 AM PST
by
Christian Engineer Mass
(25ish Cambridge, MA grad student. Any potential conservative Christian FReepmail-FRiends out there?)
To: advance_copy
4
posted on
02/19/2011 10:50:16 AM PST
by
Mercat
( I remained nestled in cognitive dissonance)
To: advance_copy
Bush's fault!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:50:28 AM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: advance_copy
Was Berry near it?
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:51:04 AM PST
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: RnMomof7
Not to mention very bad juju.
To: advance_copy
I guess we can call it a Christmas tree, now that it’s been destroyed. Any chance it could survive something like this and be stood back up?
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:52:56 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
( BORN free - taxed to DEATH (and beyond) ...)
To: Mercat; advance_copy
Symbolic?Yes.
Just like the Presidential Seal falling off the podium while Barry was speaking.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:53:39 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post.)
To: advance_copy
Now the tree is laying on its side behind the White House. Sorry to hear about the tree. I lived in the DC area in high school and remember it well.
But, I'm also sorry to see that this guy actually gets paid to write. Yeeesh.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:54:00 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: Mercat
“Symbolic?”
Yeah in that the anti-Christ who’s currently squatting in the White House seeks to destroy this country along with our values and traditions.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:54:56 AM PST
by
2CAVTrooper
(For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
To: smokingfrog
“I guess we can call it a Christmas tree, now that it’s been destroyed.”
Huh? It’s always been called the National Christmas Tree.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:55:22 AM PST
by
Hawk720
To: advance_copy
The National Holiday Season tree has Fallen.Just like Obama’s Administration.
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:56:11 AM PST
by
puppypusher
(The World is going to the dogs.)
To: RnMomof7
A true sign of coming events???
To: advance_copy
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posted on
02/19/2011 10:58:37 AM PST
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: ridesthemiles
Nope, just a sign of the near hurricane force winds we are having here in DC today. The winds are gusting up to 60-65 mph.
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posted on
02/19/2011 11:00:45 AM PST
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: RnMomof7
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posted on
02/19/2011 11:03:40 AM PST
by
fatima
(Free Hugs Today :))
To: Libloather
Pretty crappy picture considering it’s sunny & warm, just high winds.
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posted on
02/19/2011 11:04:25 AM PST
by
maddog55
(OBAMA, You can't fix stupid...)
To: fatima
Yes it is. It’s a sign that it was windy.
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posted on
02/19/2011 11:05:06 AM PST
by
stormer
To: advance_copy
The nation's Christmas Tree, a live evergreen which has stood on the Ellipse since 1978, was toppled by gusting winds on Saturday. The 42-foot tall Colorado blue spruce has been lit through five different presidencies in its time on the Ellipse. What am I missing here? We've had 6 Presidents since '78 (or 5 and one "Pres__ent), so who didn't light the tree?
39 James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 40 Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 41 George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 42 William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 43 George Walker Bush, 2001-2009 44 Barack Hussein Obama, 2009- http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
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posted on
02/19/2011 11:06:59 AM PST
by
GizmosAndGadgets
(That given freely is charity; Taken by force, theft; Stolen by the government, tyranny.)
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