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‘Our hearts are rejoicing today’: Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue debuts at the Capitol’s Statuary Hall
WFTV via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn 11-foot marble statue of educator, activist and entrepreneur Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune was unveiled...
Look inside the creation of the Billy Frank Jr. statue that will represent Washington state in D.C.
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBilly Frank Jr., the iconic tribal fishing rights activist and Nisqually leader, fought all his...
The 44 Percent: statues, investigation of CBP agents in Del Rio & Quinta Brunson
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoDid you know about the statues in the U.S. Capitol? Here’s how they got there. In 1864, the United...
Doctor, state senator, suffragist: Utah’s statue of Martha Hughes Cannon heads to D.C.
Utah News Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon — a famed leader in the women’s suffrage movement and the...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCash and Bates will replace century-old Arkansas statues of James Paul Clarke and Uriah M. Rose in...
First statue of Black American unveiled in National Statuary Hall
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the first time ever, the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall collection features a Black...
Rev. Billy Graham statue to be unveiled in US Capitol, replacing white supremacist
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOn Thursday, a statue of the Rev. Billy Graham will become part of the 100-piece Statuary Hall...
Junipero Serra’s controversial statue represents California. Here’s how it could be replaced
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California sculpture almost 3,000 miles away from home stood for nearly a century without much...
Who could replace Junipero Serra statue at US Capitol? Here are 5 ideas for California
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia donated a bronze statue of Father Junipero Serra to the United States Capitol’s National...
Mary McLeod Bethune statue unveiling this week at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDAYTONA BEACH — After an arduous five-year process that involved a series of state and federal...