2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony took place on December 3, 2024.

Lynden drivers, John Schank and Fred Austin, transported the 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree in a Kenworth T680 from its harvest site in Alaska to the U.S. Capitol during a 4,000-mile cross-country trip that included 13 tour stops in communities along the way.

Kenworth provided the T680, adorned with a special graphic design featuring Alaska’s Tongass and Chugach National Forests in honor of this year’s tour theme, “Where Nature, People, and Tradition Come Together”

The Kenworth T680 is equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the PACCAR Powertrain featuring the PACCAR MX-13 engine rated at 455 horsepower, PACCAR TX-12 automated transmission and PACCAR DX-40 tandem rear axles. The truck is equipped with Kenworth’s TruckTech+ connected truck technology that allowed real-time GPS location tracking of the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. The tree’s journey can be viewed on the official U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree interactive map (Kenworth Tree Tracker 2024 | Kenworth).

For the past 11 years, Kenworth has been a major sponsor of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree program, supplying trucks to haul the special tree each holiday season. This year’s tree was an 80-foot Sitka spruce from the Tongass National Forest in Alaska.

Kenworth Truck Company, founded in 1923, specializes in the design and manufacture of The World’s Best® heavy- and medium-duty trucks. As a leader in the development of advanced diesel powertrains, zero emissions vehicles, connected truck technologies and autonomous driving systems, Kenworth is creating transportation solutions to drive a better world. Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth is a PACCAR company.