Statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection
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The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the United States, depicting notable persons in the histories of the respective states. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the collection includes two statues from each state, plus one from the District of Columbia, plus Rosa Parks, making a total of 102.
By act of Congress, which commissioned the statue in 2005, Rosa Parks is also there, though not representing a state. The year was 2013, the centenary of her birth. Hers is the only statue in the Hall not linked with a state, and the first full-length statue of an African American in the Capitol.[1] Later that year (on Juneteenth, 2013), by act of Congress (P.L. 112-174), a statue of Frederick Douglass was added as a choice of the District of Columbia.[2]
State sculptures
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Replaced statues
Others
| Honoree | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Date placed | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Parks | 
|
Bronze | Eugene Daub | 2013 | National Statuary Hall[7] |
Sculptures intended for the collection
Several states and the District of Columbia have authorized or are in the process of authorizing statues with the intent of donating them to the National Statuary Hall Collection. The second statue from D.C. would require a change in law to be placed in the collection, as the 2012 compromise legislation that led to the placement of the district's Frederick Douglass statue only granted the district a single statue.[8] Statues being created on behalf of states are subject to the 2000 legislation providing for the replacement of existing statues, since all states have already placed both of their allotted statues.[9]
| State | Honoree | Image | Medium | Sculptor | Replacing | Replacement date |
Coordinating organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | Pierre L'Enfant[10] | Bronze | Proposed addition | ||||
| MO | Harry S. Truman[11][12] | Bronze | Tom Corbin | Thomas Hart Benton | 2020 | Truman Library Institute | |
| NE | Willa Cather[13][14] | Littleton Alston | J. Sterling Morton | 2020 | Nebraska Hall of Fame | ||
| FL | Mary Mcleod Bethune[15] | Edmund Kirby Smith | Florida Division of Cultural Affairs | ||||
| NC | Billy Graham[16] | Charles Aycock | 2020 | North Carolina Statuary Hall Selection Committee[17] | |||
| UT | Martha Hughes Cannon[18][19] | Bronze | Ben Hammond | Philo Farnsworth | Martha Hughes Cannon Oversight Committee | ||
| AR | Johnny Cash[20] | James Paul Clarke | |||||
| AR | Daisy Bates[20] | Uriah Milton Rose | |||||
| KS | Amelia Earhart[21] | John James Ingalls | Equal Visibility Everywhere |
See also
References
- ^ "Rosa Parks". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Hunter, Jonathan (November 13, 2015). "Univ. of Md. to Dedicate Monument in Frederick Douglass Square". The Afro American. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ "National Statuary Hall Collection – Helen Keller". Architect of the Capitol. December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
- ^ Architect of the Capitol (2013). "Frederick Douglass". Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ^ Wehrman, Jessica (September 21, 2016). "Thomas Edison statue dedicated in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ "Robert E. Lee". Architect of the Capitol | United States Capitol. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Architect of the Capitol (2013). "Rosa Parks". Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ^ "As Part of Her 'Free and Equal D.C.' Series, Norton Introduces Bill to Place Pierre L'Enfant Statue in U.S. Capitol". Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Procedure and Guidelines for Replacement of Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection" (PDF). Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "John A. Wilson Building and the Statue of Pierre L'Enfant". Clio. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Local sculptor designing larger-than-life statue of President Truman for US Capitol". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. 2019-04-18. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Spencer, Laura. "Kansas City Artist Tom Corbin Selected To Return Harry S. Truman To Washington". www.kcur.org. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Raun, Andy. "Group commissioning statue of Willa Cather for Statuary Hall". Hastings Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Rach, Julie. "Rotary learns about Capitol statue replacement". Nebraska City News-Press - Nebraska City, NE. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Turner, Jim. "Bethune statue to replace Confederate general in U.S. Capitol". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Steps Underway to Install Billy Graham Statue in US Capitol". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (LSO RFQ 2019-1): Reverend Dr. William Franklin Graham, Jr. Statue for the U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall" (PDF). Jan 1, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
- ^ "'We are part of her legacy': Utah chooses sculptor to create a Martha Hughes Cannon statue for the U.S. Capitol". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Artist selected for Martha Hughes Cannon statue to be announced". Utah Senate. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ a b "Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to U.S. Capitol". Arkansas Online. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ "Kansas to send Amelia Earhart to National Statuary Hall : EVE | Equal Visibility Everywhere". Retrieved 2019-04-20.
