
The 2021 Rockefeller Christmas Tree was cut down on Thursday, November 11, 2021, in Elkton, Maryland, marking the first time the Rockefeller Center has chosen a tree from the state. Seen here, the 79-foot-tall Norway Spruce is loaded onto a flatbed truck prior to it's journey to Manhattan.

Remnants of Hurricane Ida caused record flooding along Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware on Thursday, September 2, 2021.

Wilmington's City Raptors practice at the Kingswood Community Center on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. On assignment for The News Journal/Delaware Online.

A man feeds seagulls on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland on Monday, July 26, 2021.

Delaware Governor John Carney signs Senate Bill 15 in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday, July 19, 2021. The bill will raise Delaware's minimum wage to $15 by 2025.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Leonard L. Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Delaware on Monday, July 12, 2021. Musk took the witness stand to defend his company's role in the 2016 acquisition of ailing solar company SolarCity.

A crowd of people dance in the street during the NYC Pride March at Washington Square Park on Sunday, June 27, 2021.

Ian Turner, a falconer from Tennessee, patrols the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk with a falcon named Scarlett on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. For the past few summers, Ocean City has hired falconers to combat aggressive seagulls as the town sees an influx of visitors. The mere presence of these birds is enough to ward off packs of seagulls lurking for food or being a nuisance to beachgoers.

Students from Mount Pleasant High School await to receive their diploma at the school's graduation in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday, June 6, 2021. On assignment for The News Journal/Delaware Online.

Two demonstrators embrace at a protest to demand justice for Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo on April 17, 2021, in Philadelphia.

Artists paint amongst blooming cherry blossom trees along Kelly Drive in Philadelphia on April 7, 2021. These trees are a popular spring attraction when in bloom and can be found across the city, most notably along Kelly Drive and in Fairmount Park.

On the heels of the massive $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, President Biden has laid out plans for his next big proposal. The "American Jobs Plan," announced on March 31, 2021, would invest nearly $2 trillion in the nation's infrastructure with $621 billion for roadways, bridges, and transit systems. The Philadelphia skyline is seen here as an Amtrak train runs parallel along the Schuylkill Expressway on April 1, 2021.

The United States Capitol, seen from Constitution Avenue, on March 4, 2021. Razor wire fencing surrounds the entire Capitol grounds nearly two months after the January 6th insurrection.

Liane Kufchock, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, celebrates at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. following Joe Biden's inauguration speech on January 20, 2021. Inauguration Day 2021 was unlike any other in history due to the raging coronavirus pandemic and exponentially increased security measures following the January 6th attack at the Capitol.

President-elect Joe Biden enters The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on December 3, 2020.

Smoke and fog engulf the Golden Gate Bridge on September 11, 2020, seen from Sausalito, California.