A statue depicting Johnny Cash left Arkansas for Washington on Thursday, as state officials bid farewell to the bronze figure on its journey to the U.S. Capitol. The eight-foot-tall statue, safely packed in a wooden crate, is set to be unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24. This departure was witnessed by a small crowd, including members of Cash's family, outside Arkansas' Capitol.
The Cash statue is the second new addition from Arkansas to replace existing ones representing the state at the U.S. Capitol. The first replacement was a statue of civil rights leader Daisy Bates, who played a pivotal role in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. These statues replaced the ones that had represented Arkansas at the Capitol for over a century, following a legislative decision in 2019.
