TOPEKA -- The United States Capitol Christmas tree received a special escort from Kansas Highway Patrol on Sunday and Monday.

<p>TOPEKA -- The United States Capitol Christmas tree received a special escort from Kansas Highway Patrol on Sunday and Monday.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My <a href="https://twitter.com/USCapitolTree?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCapitolTree</a> escort is over, <a href="https://twitter.com/TrooperBenKHP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TrooperBenKHP</a> picks them back up in the morning and takes them to the Missouri line! 🇺🇸🎄 <a href="https://t.co/0bX5cqPiR8">pic.twitter.com/0bX5cqPiR8</a></p>&mdash; Trooper Tod (@TrooperTodKHP) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrooperTodKHP/status/1328147778199986177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKHPTroopC%2Fvideos%2F753109078636267%2F&show_text=true&width=560" width="560" height="429" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I spy with my little eye - the truck taking the <a href="https://twitter.com/USCapitolTree?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USCapitolTree</a> to Washington DC. This was on I-70/KTA near E Topeka interchange (MM 183.) Anyone else see it today? <a href="https://t.co/5zpPKvBGcC">pic.twitter.com/5zpPKvBGcC</a></p>&mdash; Kansas Turnpike (@KansasTurnpike) <a href="https://twitter.com/KansasTurnpike/status/1328412341122326540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

Troopers escort U.S. Capitol Christmas tree across Kansas