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A statue of singer-songwriter Johnny Cash is installed in the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. [1] The sculpture was gifted by the U.S state of Arkansas replacing the statue of James P. Clarke. [2]
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Rosanne Cash, Tara Cash Schwoebel, and Kathy Cash-Tittle attending the unveiling of Johnny Cash’s statue at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, in September 2024.
A statue depicting country music legend Johnny Cash was unveiled Tuesday morning at the U.S. Capitol, making the "Man in Black" the first musician to have his likeness represented in Statuary Hall.
Members of the iconic musician's family attended the ceremony, as well as lawmakers from both of America's political parties.
The state's legislature in 2019 voted to replace Arkansas' two prior statues, which depicted little-known figures from the 18th and 19th centuries, with Bates and Cash. The two were approved after Arkansas lawmakers debated competing statue ideas ranging from Walmart founder Sam Walton to a Navy SEAL from the state who was killed in Afghanistan.
Statue of Johnny Cash: Bronze: Kevin Kresse: 2024 Capitol Visitor Center [9] Statue of Daisy Bates: Bronze: Benjamin Victor: 2024 National Statuary Hall [10] California: Statue of Ronald Reagan: Bronze: Chas Fagan: 2009 Rotunda [11] Statue of Junípero Serra: Bronze: Ettore Cadorin: 1931 National Statuary Hall [12] Colorado: Statue of Florence ...
[26] [27] [30] In 2019, Arkansas decided to replace both its statues, including the one of Uriah M. Rose, with civil rights activist Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash. [31] In 2020, Virginia decided to replace its statue of Robert E. Lee , which had stood in the collection since 1909, with one of Barbara Rose Johns Powell and the Lee statue was ...
The statue of Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (Alabama, 1908) was replaced by a statue of Helen Keller in 2009. [ 12 ] On June 18, 2020, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ordered four paintings of former Confederates removed from the Speaker's Gallery in the Capitol in the wake of the nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd while in police ...