(Wrangell, AK) -- The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is making its way to Oregon as part of its four-thousand-mile trek from Alaska to Washington, D.C. The 80-foot Sitka spruce was placed on a barge last night in Ketchikan, Alaska to be shipped to Seattle. From there, it will travel to Baker City, Oregon for one of about a dozen whistlestops as it makes its way to the eastern seaboard. The 39-year-old spruce tree was harvested from Alaska's Tongass National Forest earlier this month. It will arrive in D.C. on Thursday, November 21st.