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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]
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.
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.
Little Rock sculptor Kevin Kresse, who was selected to create the statue, has sculpted other musical figures from Arkansas such as Al Green, Glen Campbell and Levon Helm. Cash's statue will be the newest added to the Capitol since one from North Carolina depicting the Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled in May. 09/24/2024 00:17 -0400
[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. [1]
Each state selects two statues to place within the Capitol. The Cash statue is the second new figure Arkansas has sent to replace two existing images that had represented the state at the U.S. Capitol for more than 100 years. Another statue depicting civil rights leader Daisy Bates was unveiled at the
The National Statuary Hall in 2011. The National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter.
The two statues replace ones from Arkansas that had been at the Capitol for more than 100 years. The Legislature in 2019 voted to replace the two statues, which depicted little-known figures from the 18th and 19th centuries with Bates and Cash. Cash was born in Kingsland, a tiny town about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Little Rock. He died ...