North Carolina
North Carolina honored this week with U.S. Capitol tree lighting
North Carolina has a particular place of honor in our nation’s capital this Christmas season, all due to a particular tree named “Ruby.” Ruby, a 78-foot tall Crimson Spruce from North Carolina’s Pisgah Nationwide Forest, was lit on Tuesday by nine-year-old Catcuce (Coche) Micco Tiger, a citizen of the Jap Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI),