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Jones and Joe Freeman stepped away from the wagon, Midge Harmon stepped in with team-ster David Yauch and daughterin-law Susan Harmon to unhitch Karry and Dempsey from the wagon.

Shafts unhooked, . Scott Harmon urged the pair forward, leaving the wagon and tree for White House staff to unload, and returned to the Harmon horse trailer parked a few blocks away from the White House.

The tree had been shipped from North Carolina via flatbed trailer. Harmon and his horses met the truck to make the “oldfashioned” delivery, far more romantic, Harmon said, than having a tractor-trailer pull up to the presidential residence.

“What an honor this was,” Midge Harmon added. “I mean, this is probably the biggest thing for a team of horses to be invited to do. Fm really proud.” ' Harmon’s horses were selected by the White House to deliver the tree earlier this year after they provided hayrides for a congressional picnic on the White House grounds.

See DELIVERY, Page B7

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