Nevada fourth grader joins House speaker in lighting US Capitol Christmas tree

Grady Armstrong a fourth grader from Virginia City Nevada helped U S Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and members of the Nevada Congressional Delegation light the Capitol Christmas tree on Tuesday night The tree is a -foot-tall red fir from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada It s the first time in years that a tree from Nevada is featured on the West Lawn of the Capitol The tree traveled roughly miles to D C and is decorated with about LED lights and ornaments a great number of of them made by children from across Nevada Armstrong earned the honor of lighting the tree after winning an essay contest You don t have to go far to enjoy Nevada Right from my school playground you can look east for hundreds of miles over the mountain ranges that make up the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest he revealed I want the country to know how special Nevada s constituents land and national forests are These lands are full of wonder from big animals like elk mule deer bighorn sheep and even moose Armstrong added The tree nicknamed Silver Belle as a nod to Nevada being the Silver State will be lit from dusk until p m every night through early January WTOP s Alan Etter contributed to this description Source