Now that a long-delayed plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has been given a temporary place on the Senate side, some say they aren’t giving up their fight for a permanent home.
A resolution adopted in January and led by Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., directed the Architect of the Capitol to display the plaque in a “publicly accessible location in the Senate wing” until it can be “placed at a permanent location on the western front.”
But former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, who filed a lawsuit over the delay last June alongside Daniel Hodges, a current D.C. police officer, said the temporary location should not be the end of the story for the plaque.
