When tourists visit the U.S. Capitol, they'll now be treated to seeing a statue of the legendary musician Johnny Cash.
Cash is the first musician ever to be honored with a statue as part of the Statuary Hall collection, which includes two statues donated by each state to honor notable figures in state history.
"Johnny Cash is the perfect person to be honored in that way. He was a man who embodied the American spirit in a way that few could," said House Speaker Mike Johnson at the unveiling ceremony on Tuesday.
Johnny Cash, born in Kingsland, Arkansas in 1932 during the Great Depression, is most often associated with country music, but his body of work went beyond any one genre.
