Country musician to be honored in statuary hall collection alongside memorial of civil rights leader Daisy Bates

A bronze statue of country musician Johnny Cash was set to be unveiled Tuesday at the US Capitol as one of two representations there for the state of Arkansas.

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, and the chamber’s minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, were to joined the state’s congressional delegation, governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and members of the late, Grammy-winning singer’s family for the unveiling.