Capitol installs Barbara Johns statue, replaces Lee
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The U.S. Capitol will unveil and display Virginia’s new statue of civil‑rights figure Barbara Rose Johns on Tuesday in Emancipation Hall, replacing the Robert E. Lee statue removed in 2020. The ceremony will include Speaker Mike Johnson, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia’s delegation; the piece by sculptor Steven Weitzman was approved in July by the Architect of the Capitol and the Joint Committee on the Library.
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