A statue of Johnny Cash will be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall in September.
will be unveiled during a morning ceremony at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall on Sept. 24 and become part of the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Each U.S. state receives two statues to celebrate notable figures in its history. The statue of Cash, a native of Dyess, Arkansas, will be Arkansas’ second: The other is a bronze representation of civil rights activist Daisy Bates. In 2019, the state legislature of Arkansas passed a bill to replace its existing statues of Sen. James P. Clark and lawyer Uriah Rose with those honoring Bates and Cash.
Cash, known for his baritone voice, passionate support of the downtrodden, especially the incarcerated, and songs like “Folsom Prison Blues” and “I Walk the Line,” died in 2002 at 71. But interest in the singer hasn’t wavered. In June, a posthumous collection of Cash songs, dubbed45 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Cameos and Easter Eggs From the X-Men, MCU and BeyondRobert Downey Jr.
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