Campaign To Replace Arkansas Statues At U.S. Capitol Passes $500,000 Mark

The campaign to replace Arkansas’ current statues at the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall has officially reached its public fundraising phase.

During a news conference on Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that through private donations, the effort to replace the existing statues of Uriah Rose, a 19th century attorney and former Arkansas Senator and Governor James P. Clark, with statues of Civil Rights icon Daisy Bates, and hall of fame musician Johnny Cash, had reached $510,000.  An amount, Hutchinson said, is slightly more than halfway to the one million dollars they expect it to cost.

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Campaign To Replace Arkansas Statues At U.S. Capitol Passes $500,000 Mark

The campaign to replace Arkansas' current statues at the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall has officially reached its public fundraising phase. During a news conference on Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that through private donations, the effort to replace the existing statues of Uriah Rose, a 19th century attorney and former Arkansas Senator and Governor James P.