Legendary country singer Johnny Cash’s statue is headed to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where he will be immortalized in bronze for future generations.
In a letter from Congress, the official unveiling of the “Man in Black” statue is set to take place September 24 at 11 a.m. in the National Statuary Hall, the Smithsonian magazine reported.
The 8-foot-tall Arkansas native’s statue will be joined by one honoring civil rights leader Daisy Bates whose statue debuted in May. The hall displays statues of two well known residents from each state.
Cash and Bates’ statues will replace two others that honored residents from Arkansas — 1800s attorney Uriah Milton Rose and Governor and Senator James P. Clark — following a vote in 2019 by the Arkansas General Assembly.
Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchins said of the new statues that the previous ones are connected to…
