Johnny Cash To Become First Musician With Statue at American Capitol
The unveiling ceremony is set for September 24.
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Country legend Johnny Cash is set to become the first musician to receive a statue at the American Capitol, with an unveiling ceremony scheduled for late September at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall.
Each American state receives two statues in the hall and Cash is set to represent Arkansas, his home state. The other Arkansas statue is civil rights activist Daisy Bates.
Punchbowl News’s Jake Sherman obtained a letter signed by congressional leadership, announcing that the ceremony would take place on September 24.
The move to honor Cash began in 2019 when the Arkansas state legislature passed a bill to replace the state’s existing statues with depictions of Cash and Bates.
The statue is being made by sculptor Kevin Kresse, who told NPR in May that the bronze statue of Cash will be eight feet tall and depict him with a Bible and a guitar. Although Cash died in 2002, his music continues as a mainstay in the country genre.